Rules
PROPOSED RULES
At its December 2020, meeting, the Texas Ethics Commission voted to propose the following amended rules: §§18.15 and 20.434. The text of the proposed amended rules is located below.
§18.15. Additional Fine.
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§20.434. Alternate Reporting Requirements for General-Purpose Committees.
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§18.15. Additional Fine.
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Chapter 18. GENERAL RULES CONCERNING REPORTS
§18.15. Additional Fine.
In addition to any other fine assessed under this chapter, the commission may vote to impose a fine of $2,500 against a filer whose report is more than 30 days late and [or] who has not paid the penalty related to that report [an assessed fine] within 10 days after receiving the commission notice of lateness[, subject to the statutory limit].
§20.434. Alternate Reporting Requirements for General-Purpose Committees.
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Chapter 20. REPORTING POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES
Subchapter F. REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR A GENERAL PURPOSE COMMITTEE
§20.434. Alternate Reporting Requirements for General-Purpose Committees.
(a) This section and Election Code § 254.1541 apply only to a general-purpose committee with less than $20,000 in one or more accounts maintained by the committee in which political contributions are deposited, as of the last day of the preceding reporting period for which the committee was required to file a report.
(b) The alternative reporting requirement in Election Code §254.1541 applies only to contributions.
(c) A report by a campaign treasurer of a general-purpose committee to which this section and Election Code §254.154 apply shall include the information required by §20.433 of this title (Contents of General-Purpose Committee Sworn Report of Contributions and Expenditures) except that the campaign treasurer may choose a threshold reporting amount for political contributions of $100 instead of the threshold reporting amount of $50 set out in §20.433(a)(11) and (a)(20)(B) (25)(B) of this title.
(d) A monthly report by a campaign treasurer of a general-purpose committee to which this section and Election Code §254.154 apply shall include the information required by §20.433 of this title (Contents of General-Purpose Committee Sworn Report of Contributions and Expenditures), except that the campaign treasurer may choose a threshold reporting amount for political contributions of $20 instead of the threshold reporting amount of $10 set out in §20.433(a)(11) and (a)(20)(B) (25)(B) of this title.