Section 302.0121 - Declaration of Speaker Candidacy(a) Each speaker candidate shall file a declaration of candidacy with the Texas Ethics Commission as provided by this section.(b) A declaration of speaker candidacy must: (2) identify the legislative session as to which the candidacy relates; and(3) include: (A) the speaker candidate's name;(B) the speaker candidate's residence or business street address; and(C) the speaker candidate's telephone number.(c) Except as provided by Subsection (e), a speaker candidate may not knowingly accept a contribution, loan, or promise of a contribution or loan in connection with the speaker candidacy or make or authorize a campaign expenditure at a time when a declaration of candidacy for the candidate is not in effect.(d) A declaration of speaker candidacy terminates on the earlier of: (1) the date the speaker candidate files a written statement with the Texas Ethics Commission stating that the candidate has terminated the candidacy; or(2) the date a speaker is elected for the legislative session as to which the speaker candidate filed the statement.(e) A former speaker candidate whose declaration of speaker candidacy is terminated under Subsection (d) may make a campaign expenditure in connection with a debt incurred during the period the former speaker candidate's declaration of candidacy was in effect.Tex. Gov't. Code § 302.0121
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 249, Sec. 3.01, eff. 9/1/2003.