Section 251.0015 - Communication With Candidate For purposes of Section 251.001(8), communication between a person and a candidate, officeholder, or candidate's or officeholder's agent is not evidence that the person obtained the candidate's or officeholder's consent or approval for a campaign expenditure made after the communication by the person on behalf of the candidate or officeholder unless the communication establishes that:
(1) the expenditure is incurred at the request or suggestion of the candidate, officeholder, or candidate's or officeholder's agent;(2) the candidate, officeholder, or candidate's or officeholder's agent is materially involved in decisions regarding the creation, production, or distribution of a campaign communication related to the expenditure; or(3) the candidate, officeholder, or candidate's or officeholder's agent shares information about the candidate's or officeholder's plans or needs that is: (A) material to the creation, production, or distribution of a campaign communication related to the expenditure; and(B) not available to the public.Tex. Elec. Code § 251.0015
Added by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 1127,Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2019.