SECTION 20.65. Reporting No Activity

(a) As a general rule, a candidate or officeholder must file a report required by Subchapter C of this chapter (relating to Reporting Requirements for a Candidate) or Subchapter D of this chapter (relating to Reporting Requirements for an Officeholder Who Does Not Have a Campaign Treasurer Appointment on File), even if there has been no reportable activity during the period covered by the report.

(b) This general rule does not apply to:

(1) special pre-election reports;

(2) special session reports; or

(3) a local officeholder who does not have a campaign treasurer appointment on file and who does not accept more than the aggregate amount of political contributions or make more than the aggregate amount of political expenditures specified in Tex. Elec. Code §254.095, as amended by Figure 1 in 1 TAC §18.31 during the reporting period.

(c) If a required report will disclose that there has been no reportable activity during the reporting period, the filer shall submit only those pages of the report necessary to identify the filer and to swear to the lack of reportable activity.

Source Note: The provisions of this §20.65 adopted to be effective December 31, 1993, 18 TexReg 9717; amended to be effective November 18, 2007, 32 TexReg 8305; amended to be effective January 1, 2020, 44 TexReg 7880; amended to be effective January 1, 2021, 45 TexReg 8511; amended to be effective January 3, 2022, 46 TexReg 9233; amended to be effective January 1, 2023, 47 TexReg 6822; amended to be effective January 1, 2024, 48 TexReg 6462