Who is required to file electronically?
Most individuals or entities filing a campaign finance report WITH THE TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION are required to file reports electronically unless the individual or entity is eligible to claim a statutory exemption. If you DO NOT FILE reports with the Texas Ethics Commission, the requirement to file electronically explained on this website does not apply to you. However, your local filing authority may have such a requirement. EXEMPTION: A filer may claim an exemption from electronic filing only if the filer does not use a computer to keep current records of contributions, expenditures, or donors AND if the filer has not accepted more than $20,000 in political contributions or made more than $20,000 in political expenditures in a calendar year. The law continues to exempt the following from the electronic filing requirement. In these cases, an affidavit need not be filed to claim the exemption.
