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Fulshear parks commissioners briefed on Texas election-code limits for bond communications
Summary
Legal counsel explained Texas Election Code §255.003 and ethics opinions that limit use of public resources for political advertising, advising commissioners how to stay within informational bounds before the May bond election.
Legal counsel briefed the Fulshear Parks and Recreation Commission on Feb. 14 about what commissioners may and may not say or do publicly now that the city has called a bond election scheduled for May 3.
Byron (city staff/attorney) told the commission that the relevant provision is in the Elections Code and cited “255.003 of the elections code, which is titled unlawful use of public funds for political advertising.” He summarized how the statute and ethics opinions have been interpreted by the Texas Ethics Commission and local counsel: public funds or resources may not be used to publish political advertising supporting or opposing a measure, and “use of public funds”…
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