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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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ELECTION CODE |
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Title 15. REGULATING POLITICAL FUNDS AND CAMPAIGNS |
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Chapter 253. RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES |
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Subchapter F. JUDICIAL CAMPAIGN FAIRNESS ACT |
Sec. 253.168. EXPENDITURE LIMITS
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(a) For each election in which the candidate is involved, a complying candidate may not knowingly make or authorize political expenditures that in the aggregate exceed:
(1) for a statewide judicial office, $2 million;
(2) for the office of chief justice or justice, court of appeals:
(A) $500,000, if the population of the judicial district is more than one million; or
(B) $350,000, if the population of the judicial district is one million or less; or
(3) for an office other than an office covered by Subdivision (1) or (2):
(A) $350,000, if the population of the judicial district is more than one million;
(B) $200,000, if the population of the judicial district is 250,000 to one million; or
(C) $100,000, if the population of the judicial district is less than 250,000.
(b) A person who violates this section is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed three times the amount by which the political expenditures made in violation of this section exceed the applicable limit prescribed by Subsection (a).