Instructions For Form Mcec - Monthly Filing County Executive Committee Campaign Finance Report Page 21

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Form MCEC – Instruction Guide
SCHEDULE I: NON-POLITICAL EXPENDITURES
MADE FROM POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS
These instructions are for county executive committee campaign treasurers using SCHEDULE I: NON-
POLITICAL EXPENDITURES MADE FROM POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS. Enter on this schedule only
information about non-political expenditures from political contributions that were made or authorized during
the reporting period. Do not enter political expenditures on this schedule. (Report political expenditures on
)
Schedule F.
You must enter all non-political expenditures from political contributions on this schedule,
regardless of the amount. A non-political expenditure is an expenditure that is neither a campaign
expenditure nor an officeholder expenditure. Expenditures for administrative expenses, banking
fees, and professional dues are typically political expenditures. As a practical matter, very few
expenditures made from political contributions are non-political expenditures.
Each numbered item in these instructions corresponds to the same numbered item on the form.
1. TOTAL PAGES SCHEDULE I: After you have completed Schedule I, count the total number
of pages. A “page” is one side of a two-sided form.
2. FILER NAME: Enter the committee’s full name.
3. ACCOUNT #: Enter the account number assigned by the Ethics Commission.
4. DATE: Enter the date the expenditure was made. See instructions for Schedule F, box 4.
5. PAYEE NAME: Enter the full name of the person to whom the expenditure was made.
6. AMOUNT: Enter the exact amount of the expenditure.
7. PAYEE ADDRESS: Enter the complete address of the person to whom the expenditure was
made.
8. PURPOSE OF EXPENDITURE: In describing the purpose of an expenditure, state whether
the expenditure was to support or oppose a candidate, officeholder, political party, or ballot
measure. Identify the candidate, officeholder, political party, or ballot measure. Also include the
nature of the goods or services purchased. For expenditures made on or after July 1, 2010, you
must disclose the purpose of the expenditure in two parts:
(a) Category: Select a category of goods, services, or other thing of value for which an
expenditure is made. Examples of possible categories of non-political expenditures are
listed below. Remember, as a practical matter, very few expenditures made from political
contributions are non-political expenditures.
Advertising Expense
Accounting/Banking
Consulting Expense
Texas Ethics Commission
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Revised 07/28/2014

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