Sec. 254.181.  MODIFIED REPORTING AUTHORIZED.  (a)  An opposed candidate or specific-purpose committee required to file reports under Subchapter C or E  may file a report under this subchapter instead if the candidate or committee does not intend to accept political contributions that in the aggregate exceed $500 or to make political expenditures that in the aggregate exceed $500 in connection with the election.
(b)  The amount of a filing fee paid by a candidate is excluded from the $500 maximum expenditure permitted under this section.
Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.