1. (a) A judicial candidate or officeholder, a specific-purpose committee for supporting or opposing a judicial candidate, or a specific-purpose committee for assisting a judicial officeholder may not use a political contribution to make a campaign expenditure for judicial office or to make an officeholder expenditure in connection with a judicial office if the contribution was accepted while the candidate or officeholder:

   1. (1) was a candidate for an office other than a judicial office; or
   2. (2) held an office other than a judicial office, unless the person had become a candidate for judicial office.

2. (b) A candidate, officeholder, or specific-purpose committee for supporting, opposing, or assisting the candidate or officeholder may not use a political contribution to make a campaign expenditure for an office other than a judicial office or to make an officeholder expenditure in connection with an office other than a judicial office if the contribution was accepted while the candidate or officeholder:

   1. (1) was a candidate for a judicial office; or
   2. (2) held a judicial office, unless the person had become a candidate for another office.
3. (c) This section does not prohibit a candidate or officeholder from making a political contribution to another candidate or officeholder.
4. (d) A person who violates this section is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed three times the amount of political contributions used in violation of this section.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 763, Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 1995.