1. (a) An individual must file a campaign treasurer appointment with the proper authority before accepting a campaign contribution or making or authorizing a campaign expenditure.

   1. (1) An officeholder may accept an officeholder contribution and make or authorize an officeholder expenditure without a campaign treasurer appointment on file.
   2. (2) An officeholder who does not have a campaign treasurer appointment on file may not accept a campaign contribution or make or authorize a campaign expenditure.
2. (b) A political committee may not accept political contributions exceeding $500 and may not make or authorize political expenditures exceeding $500 without filing a campaign treasurer appointment with the appropriate filing authority.

3. (c) A general-purpose committee may not make or authorize political expenditures totaling more than $500 unless the committee has:

   1. (1) filed its campaign treasurer appointment not later than the 60th day before the date the expenditure is made that causes the total expenditures to exceed $500; and
   2. (2) received contributions from at least 10 persons.
4. (d) Subsection (c) of this section does not apply to a general-purpose committee that accepts contributions from a multi-candidate political committee (as defined by the Federal Election Campaign Act) that is registered with the Federal Election Commission, provided that the general-purpose committee is in compliance with §22.7 of this title (relating to Contribution from Out-of-State Committee).

5. (e) Unless the committee's campaign treasurer appointment was filed not later than the 30th day before the appropriate election day, a political committee may not knowingly make or authorize campaign contributions or campaign expenditures exceeding $500 to support or oppose a candidate in a primary or general election for the following:

   1. (1) a statewide office;
   2. (2) a seat in the state legislature;
   3. (3) a seat on the State Board of Education;
   4. (4) a multi-county district office; or
   5. (5) a judicial district office filled by voters of only one county.
6. (f) This section does not apply to the county executive committee of a political party except as provided in Chapter 20, Subchapter I of this title (relating to Rules Applicable to a Political Party's County Executive Committee).

Source Note:The provisions of this §22.1 adopted to be effective December 31, 1993, 18 TexReg 9744; amended to be effective September 19, 2001, 26 TexReg 7118.