Section 571.098 - Conversion of Contribution to Personal Use A person involved in a transaction or activity that the commission concludes in an advisory opinion to be a conversion of a contribution to personal use in violation of Section 253.035, Election Code, is not civilly liable to the state if:
(1) before receiving the opinion, the person reasonably believed the transaction or activity did not constitute a conversion, taking into account prior opinions and rules of the commission; and(2) on or before the 30th day after the date the opinion is published, the person: (A) returns to the political fund from which it was removed an amount equal to the amount converted; and(B) notifies the commission by certified mail that the person has returned the converted contribution as required by this section.Tex. Gov't. Code § 571.098
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1993.