Tex. Election Code Section 251.0015
Communication with Candidate

For purposes of Section 251.001 (Definitions)(8), communication between a person and a candidate, officeholder, or candidate’s or officeholder’s agent is not evidence that the person obtained the candidate’s or officeholder’s consent or approval for a campaign expenditure made after the communication by the person on behalf of the candidate or officeholder unless the communication establishes that:

(1)

the expenditure is incurred at the request or suggestion of the candidate, officeholder, or candidate’s or officeholder’s agent;

(2)

the candidate, officeholder, or candidate’s or officeholder’s agent is materially involved in decisions regarding the creation, production, or distribution of a campaign communication related to the expenditure; or

(3)

the candidate, officeholder, or candidate’s or officeholder’s agent shares information about the candidate’s or officeholder’s plans or needs that is:

(A)

material to the creation, production, or distribution of a campaign communication related to the expenditure; and

(B)

not available to the public.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1127 (H.B. 2586), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.

Source: Section 251.0015 — Communication with Candidate, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.­251.­htm#251.­0015 (accessed May 4, 2024).

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