Section 22.1 - Certain Campaign Treasurer Appointments Required before Political Activity Begins(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) An officeholder may accept an officeholder contribution and make or authorize an officeholder expenditure without a campaign treasurer appointment on file.(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.(b) A political committee may not accept political contributions exceeding the amount specified for making political contributions or making or authorizing political expenditures in Tex. Elec. Code §253.031(b), as amended by Figure 1 in 1 TAC § 18.31 without filing a campaign treasurer appointment with the appropriate filing authority.(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 the amount specified in Tex. Elec. Code §253.031(b), as amended by Figure 1 in 1 TAC § 18.31 to support or oppose a candidate in a primary or general election for the following: (2) a seat in the state legislature;(3) a seat on the State Board of Education;(4) a multi-county district office; or(5) a judicial district office filled by voters of only one county.(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).1 Tex. Admin. Code § 22.1
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 by Texas Register, Volume 44, Number 51, December 20, 2019, TexReg 7883, eff. 1/1/2020; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 48, November 27, 2020, TexReg 8513, eff. 1/1/2021; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 46, Number 53, December 31, 2021, TexReg 9235, eff. 1/3/2022; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 41, October 14, 2022, TexReg 6823, eff. 1/1/2023; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 48, Number 44, November 3, 2023, TexReg 6464, eff. 1/1/2024