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Mailing Address: StreetAddress:
P.O. Box 12070, Capitol Station 201 E. 14th St., 10th Floor
Austin, Texas 78711 -2070 Austin, Texas 78701
512 - 463 -5800 www.ethics.state.tx.us
NOTICE TO LOCAL FILING AUTHORITIES
Below is a list of the forms, instructions, filing schedules, and other materials you should have in order to comply
with your responsibilities as a filing authority for campaign finance reports under Title 15 of the Texas Election
Code. All of these materials are available at www.ethics.state.tx.us /main /local.htm on the Texas Ethics
Commission's website.
If you prepare filing packets for candidates and officeholders, we recommend that packet include the items that are
marked with an asterisk ( *). To determine if you have the most current items, refer to the forms and instructions
page located at www. ethics. state. tx. us /filinginfo/localcohforms.htm on our website.
Please do not hesitate to call if you have any difficulty accessing our forms, instructions, filing schedules, or other
filing materials, or if you have any questions about the campaign finance laws. We encourage you to refer your
campaign finance filers to the applicable guides and instructions or to our office if they have any questions about
their filing obligations.
URGENT REMINDER: It is imperative that you affix a date stamp on the first page of every cqmpaign finance
report/document that is filed with your office. A date affixed by the filer when signing the he report or a notaly public
when witnessing the filer's signature is not considered a date stamp of the filing authority. Also, encourage
individuals with reporting questions to review the form instructions guide and appropriate campaign finance guide
and to call the Ethics Commission if they still have questions.
List of Forms, Instructions, and Guides
Guide to a Kcal Filing Authority's Duties under the Cam ai n Finance Law
Form C/OH-LTC - Candidate /Officeholder Report of Unexpended Contributions
Form C/OH-UC — Instruction Guide
Fon-n COPS -C/OH — Correction Affidavit for Candidate/Officeholder
Form COR-PAC — Correction Affidavit for Political Committee
** Form CIS — Local Government Officer Conflicts Disclosure Statement
Form CI ) —flict of
Conflict Questionnaire
Title 15 of the Election Code
Texas Ethics Commission Rules
** As required by the Legislature, the Texas Ethics Commission adopted Forms CTS and CTQ. Please note that the
Texas Ethics Commission does NOT have jurisdiction to interpret or enforce Chapter 176 of the Government Code;
that responsibility rests with the local filing authority. Also, please note that these forms are filed with the local
filing authority and NOT with the Texas Ethics Commission.