1. (a) If a registrant, or a person on the registrant's behalf and with the registrant's consent or ratification, joins with another person to make an expenditure described by this chapter, the amount of the expenditure made by or on behalf of the registrant for purposes of this chapter includes only:

   1. (1) the amount of the portion of the joint expenditure contributed by the registrant; and

   2. (2) the amount of any portion of the joint expenditure that:

      1. (A) is made on behalf of the registrant by a person who is not a registrant; and
      2. (B) is not otherwise reported under this chapter.
2. (b) For purposes of Section 36.02 or 36.10, Penal Code, a person described by Subsection (a)(2)(A) is not considered to have made an expenditure in accordance with this chapter.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1253 (H.B. 2735), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1231 (H.B. 2984), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.