Instructions For Form Sta - Appointment Of A Campaign Treasurer By A Specific-Purpose Committee Page 3
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12Form STA − Instruction Guide
APPOINTMENT OF A CAMPAIGN TREASURER
BY A SPECIFIC-PURPOSE COMMITTEE
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
These instructions are for the APPOINTMENT OF A CAMPAIGN TREASURER BY A SPECIFIC-PURPOSE
COMMITTEE (Form (STA). Use Form STA only for appointing the specific-purpose committee’s campaign
treasurer. Use the AMENDMENT form (Form ASTA) for changing information previously reported on Form
STA and for renewing the committee’s choice to report under the modified schedule.
TYPES OF POLITICAL COMMITTEES
A political committee is a group of two or more
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people that accepts political contributions or makes political expenditures. There are two types of
political committees: general-purpose committees and specific-purpose committees. Please consult
the Ethics Commission’s Campaign Finance Guide for Political Committees for an explanation of
the difference.
WHEN TO FILE A CAMPAIGN TREASURER APPOINTMENT. A specific-purpose committee
must file a campaign treasurer appointment before it may accept more than $500 in political
contributions or make more than $500 in political expenditures.
A specific-purpose committee that has not exceeded $500 in contributions or expenditures may file a
campaign treasurer appointment. Once a specific-purpose committee files a campaign treasurer
appointment, however, the committee must begin filing reports of contributions, expenditures, and
loans.
In addition, a specific-purpose committee may not make over $500 in campaign contributions or
$500 in campaign expenditures to support or oppose candidates in a primary or general election for
the following offices unless the committee’s campaign treasurer appointment is on file by the 30th
day before the appropriate election day:
• Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Comptroller, Treasurer, Land
Commissioner, Agriculture Commissioner, Railroad Commissioner
• State Senator or State Representative
• Supreme Court Justice, Court of Criminal Appeals Judge, and Court of Appeals Judge
• State Board of Education
• multi-county district judge or district attorney
• single-county district judge
QUALIFICATIONS OF CAMPAIGN TREASURER. A person is ineligible for appointment as a
campaign treasurer if the person is the campaign treasurer of a political committee that has
outstanding filing obligations (including outstanding penalties). This prohibition does not apply if
the committee in connection with which the ineligibility arose has not accepted more than $5,000 in
political contributions or made more than $5,000 in political expenditures in any semiannual
Texas Ethics Commission
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Revised 06/22/2016
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