Sec. 253.043.  POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS USED IN CONNECTION WITH APPOINTIVE OFFICE.  A former candidate or former officeholder who lawfully accepts political contributions may use those contributions to make an expenditure to defray expenses incurred by the person in performing a duty or engaging in an activity in connection with an appointive office of a state board or commission.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 249, Sec. 2.09, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.