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Form STA -- Instruction Guide

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A specific-purpose committee files with the county clerk if it supports or opposes a measure

to be submitted to the voters of a single county in an election ordered by a county authority.

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A specific-purpose committee files with the county clerk if it supports or opposes a measure

that concerns a political subdivision other than a county if no boundary of the political

subdivision crosses a boundary of the county and if the governing body of the political

subdivision has not been formed.

c. Other Local Filing Authority. Except for certain specific-purpose committees described in the

next paragraph below, a specific-purpose committee that supports, opposes, or assists a candidate for

or holder of an office of a political subdivision other than a county or that supports or opposes a

measure to be submitted at an election ordered by an authority of a political subdivision other than a

county, must file with the clerk or secretary of the governing body of the political subdivision. If the

political subdivision has no clerk or secretary, the appropriate filing authority is the governing body's

presiding officer. Basically, any political subdivision that is authorized by the laws of this state to

hold an election is considered a local filing authority. Examples are cities and municipal utility

districts.

Specific-Purpose Committees Involved in School District Bond Elections: New filing requirements

apply to any specific-purpose committee created to support or oppose a measure on the issuance of

bonds by a school district. A school district includes a junior college district or community college

district.

• Campaign Treasurer Appointment (Form STA, Form ASTA): The committee must file

its campaign treasurer appointment with the secretary of the school district’s governing

body. The campaign treasurer of the committee should also file with the Ethics

Commission a file-stamped copy of any campaign treasurer appointment that it filed with

the school district.

• Campaign Finance Reports (Form SPAC): The committee must file its campaign finance

reports with the Ethics Commission.

FILING OPTION FOR CERTAIN SPECIFIC-PURPOSE COMMITTEES. A specific-purpose

committee required to file with more than one authority may instead choose to file with the Texas

Ethics Commission only and with no other authority.

SPECIFIC-PURPOSE COMMITTEE SUPPORTING A CANDIDATE. Before a specific-

purpose committee has exceeded $500 in contributions or expenditures to support a candidate, the

committee must file a specific-purpose committee campaign treasurer appointment (Form STA).

The candidate must file a candidate’s campaign treasurer appointment (Form CTA). Remember that

the specific-purpose committee's campaign treasurer must file reports for the committee. However,

this does not eliminate the requirement that the candidate also file a candidate’s campaign treasurer

appointment and periodic reports.

JUDICIAL SPECIFIC-PURPOSE COMMITTEE. A specific-purpose committee that supports

or opposes a judicial candidate or assists a judicial officer should review the Ethics Commission’s

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