Tex. Election Code § 254.034
TIME OF ACCEPTING CONTRIBUTION
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- Tex. Election Code § 254.034, TIME OF ACCEPTING CONTRIBUTION, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/641845
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(a) A determination to accept or refuse a political contribution that is received by a candidate, officeholder, or political committee shall be made not later than the end of the reporting period during which the contribution is received.
(b) If the determination to accept or refuse a political contribution is not made before the time required by Subsection (a), for purposes of this chapter, the contribution is considered to have been accepted on the last day of that reporting period.
(c) A political contribution that is received but not accepted shall be returned to the contributor not later than the 30th day after the deadline for filing a report for the reporting period during which the contribution is received. A contribution not returned within that time is considered to be accepted.
(d) A candidate, officeholder, or political committee commits an offense if the person knowingly fails to return a political contribution as required by Subsection (c).
(e) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.