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 $980 and may not make or authorize political expenditures exceeding $980 without filing a campaign treasurer appointment with the appropriate filing authority.

3. (c) 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 $980 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.
4. (d) 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; amended to be effective January 1, 2020, 44 TexReg 7883; amended to be effective January 1, 2021, 45 TexReg 8513; amended to be effective January 3, 2022, 46 TexReg 9235; amended to be effective January 1, 2023, 47 TexReg 6823.