Sec. 302.0121.  DECLARATION OF SPEAKER CANDIDACY.  (a)  Each speaker candidate shall file a declaration of candidacy with the Texas Ethics Commission as provided by this section.
(b)  A declaration of speaker candidacy must:
(1)  be in writing;
(2)  identify the legislative session as to which the candidacy relates;  and
(3)  include:
(A)  the speaker candidate's name;
(B)  the speaker candidate's residence or business street address;  and
(C)  the speaker candidate's telephone number.
(c)  Except as provided by Subsection (e), a speaker candidate may not knowingly accept a contribution, loan, or promise of a contribution or loan in connection with the speaker candidacy or make or authorize a campaign expenditure at a time when a declaration of candidacy for the candidate is not in effect.
(d)  A declaration of speaker candidacy terminates on the earlier of:
(1)  the date the speaker candidate files a written statement with the Texas Ethics Commission stating that the candidate has terminated the candidacy;  or
(2)  the date a speaker is elected for the legislative session as to which the speaker candidate filed the statement.
(e)  A former speaker candidate whose declaration of speaker candidacy is terminated under Subsection (d) may make a campaign expenditure in connection with a debt incurred during the period the former speaker candidate's declaration of candidacy was in effect.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 249, Sec. 3.01, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.