Instructions For Form Mcec - Monthly Filing County Executive Committee Campaign Finance Report Page 19
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27Form MCEC – Instruction Guide
(b) Description: Enter a brief statement or description of the political committee activity that
is conducted by making the expenditure. The brief statement or description must include
the item or service purchased and must be sufficiently specific, when considered within the
context of the description of the category, to make the reason for the expenditure clear.
Merely disclosing the category of goods, services, or other thing of value for which the
expenditure is made does not adequately describe the purpose of an expenditure.
Description of Expenditure For Out-of-State Travel: The description of a
political expenditure for travel outside of the state of Texas must include detailed
information. Please report this information on Schedule T.
(c) “Check if Austin, TX, officeholder living expense” Box: For expenditures made on or
after July 1, 2014, check this box if the expenditure is an officeholder expense for living in
Austin, Texas.
For examples of acceptable ways to disclose the purpose of an expenditure, including both a
description of the category of goods or services received in exchange for the expenditure and a
brief statement or description of the candidate or officeholder activity that is conducted by
making the expenditure, please see the "Examples of Expenditures" on page 23.
9. DIRECT CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURE TO BENEFIT CANDIDATE/OFFICEHOLDER:
If the committee made a direct campaign expenditure to benefit a candidate or officeholder, enter
the full name of the candidate or officeholder and the name of the office sought or held,
including the district, precinct, or other designation of the office, as applicable. Do not complete
this section if the committee is the principal political committee of a political party. (Attach
additional sheets to list multiple candidates.) Do not complete this Section if the expenditure
was not a direct campaign expenditure.
A “direct campaign expenditure” to benefit a candidate is not a “political contribution” to that
candidate. A direct campaign expenditure is a campaign expenditure that the committee makes
on someone else’s behalf and without the prior consent or approval of that person. This is in
contrast to a political contribution, which the person has the opportunity to accept or reject.
Example: If the committee made expenditures to prepare and distribute an endorsement letter in
support of a candidate after first asking for and getting the candidate’s approval, the committee
made an in-kind contribution. However, if the committee did not get the candidate’s approval
before it made the expenditure, the committee made a direct campaign expenditure.
If the committee makes political expenditures or accepts political contributions in support of a
candidate, officeholder or other political committee, the committee must provide written notice
to the candidate, officeholder, or committee who benefits from the committee’s activity. The
notice must inform the person that the committee has made political expenditures or accepted
political contributions on his or her behalf, and it must include the committee’s full name and
complete address (street address or P.O. Box, city, state, and zip code). The notice must be given
before the end of the reporting period during which the committee made the political
expenditures or accepted the political contributions. Such notices are not required if the
committee is the principal political committee of a political party.
Texas Ethics Commission
Page 17
Revised 07/28/2014
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