DECLARATION OF SPEAKER CANDIDACY

(a) Each speaker candidate shall file a declaration of candidacy with the Texas Ethics Commission as provided by this section. (b) A declaration of speaker candidacy must: (1) be in writing; (2) identify the legislative session as to which the candidacy relates; and (3) include: (A) the speaker candidate's name; (B) the speaker candidate's residence or business street address; and (C) the speaker candidate's telephone number. (c) Except as provided by Subsection (e), a speaker candidate may not knowingly accept a contribution, loan, or promise of a contribution or loan in connection with the speaker candidacy or make or authorize a campaign expenditure at a time when a declaration of candidacy for the candidate is not in effect. (d) A declaration of speaker candidacy terminates on the earlier of: (1) the date the speaker candidate files a written statement with the Texas Ethics Commission stating that the candidate has terminated the candidacy; or (2) the date a speaker is elected for the legislative session as to which the speaker candidate filed the statement. (e) A former speaker candidate whose declaration of speaker candidacy is terminated under Subsection (d) may make a campaign expenditure in connection with a debt incurred during the period the former speaker candidate's declaration of candidacy was in effect.