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Tex. Elec. Code § 253.092 (2026)

Treatment Of Incorporated Political Committee

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Sec. 253.092. TREATMENT OF INCORPORATED POLITICAL COMMITTEE. If a political committee the only principal purpose of which is accepting political contributions and making political expenditures incorporates for liability purposes only, the committee is not considered to be a corporation for purposes of this subchapter.

Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1994–2017 · leading case: Karl Rove & Co. v. Richard Thornburgh, Richard Thornburgh, Cross-Appellee, & Raymond P. Dimuzio, Defendant-Cross-Appellee, 39 F.3d 1273 (5th Cir. 1994).

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Karl Rove & Co. v. Richard Thornburgh, Richard Thornburgh, Cross-Appellee, & Raymond P. Dimuzio, Defendant-Cross-Appellee, 39 F.3d 1273 (5th Cir. 1994). “, Tex.Elec.Code Ann. § 253.092 (West Supp.1994) (discussing treatment of incorporated political committees under the election code).”

King Street Patriots, Catherine Engelbrecht, Bryan Engelbrecht, & Diane Josephs v. Texas Democratic Party Gilberto Hinojosa, Successor to Boyd Richie, in His Capacity as Chairman of the Texas Democratic Party John Warren, in His Capacity as Democratic Nominee for Dallas Cnty. Clerk & Ann Bennett, in Her Capacity as the Democratic, 521 S.W.3d 729 (Tex. 2017). “” Tex. Elec. Code § 253.092. This is a narrow exception.”

Sylvester v. Texas Ass'n of Bus., 453 S.W.3d 519 (Tex. App. 2014). · cites it 3× “242 (1995); see also Tex. Elec. Code § 253.092 (addressing treatment of incorporated political committee).”

James Sylvester, Ken Yarborough, & Josephine Miller v. Texas Ass'n of Bus. Bill Hammond BACPAC Cigna Healthcare of Texas, Inc. & Connecticut Gen. Life Ins. Co. (Tex. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “242 (1995); see also Tex. Elec. Code § 253.092 (addressing treatment of incorporated political committee).”

James Sylvester, Ken Yarborough, & Josephine Miller v. Texas Ass'n of Bus. Bill Hammond BACPAC Cigna Healthcare of Texas, Inc. & Connecticut Gen. Life Ins. Co. (Tex. App. 2014). “242 (1995); see also Tex. Elec. Code § 253.092. The Ethics Commission has also held, post-Citizens United, that a corporation that makes direct campaign expenditures must comply with disclosure requirements: 4 Considering title 15 of the [Texas] Election Code, the impact of…”

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