Sec. 276.001.  ACCOUNTS FOR CANDIDATES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE.  (a)  A financial institution may not open an account in the name of a candidate without obtaining that candidate's consent and signature.  This subsection does not require that the candidate be a signatory to the account.
(b)  In this section:
(1)  "Candidate" has the meaning assigned by Section 251.001, Election Code.
(2)  "Financial institution" means a bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 7.27(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.