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TITLE 1 - ADMINISTRATION
PART 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION
CHAPTER 20 - REPORTING POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES
SUBCHAPTER F - REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR A GENERAL PURPOSE COMMITTEE
SECTION/RULE ยง20.409 - Name of General-Purpose Committee
Chapter Review Date 06/12/2001

(a) The name of a general-purpose committee must include the full name of each corporation, labor organization, or other association or legal entity other than an individual that directly establishes, administers, or controls the general-purpose committee.(b) A corporation, labor organization, or other association or legal entity that "directly establishes, administers, or controls" a general-purpose committee is one that has:(1) the authority to actively participate in determining to whom the general-purpose committee makes political contributions or for what purposes the general-purpose committee makes political expenditures; or(2) the authority to designate a person to a position of authority with the general-purpose committee, including that of an officer or director of the general-purpose committee.(c) The name of an entity used in the name of a general-purpose committee may be a commonly recognized acronym by which the entity is known.(d) The name of a general-purpose committee may not be the same as or deceptively similar to the name of any other general-purpose committee that has an active campaign treasurer appointment on file with the commission. The commission shall determine whether the name of a general-purpose political committee is in violation of this prohibition and shall immediately notify the campaign treasurer of the offending political committee of that determination. In determining whether the name of a general-purpose committee is the same as or deceptively similar to the name of any other general-purpose committee, the commission may be guided by Texas Administrative Code,