12A Form ACTA - Amended Instruction GuideTEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION
AMENDMENT: APPOINTMENT OF A CAMPAIGN
TREASURER BY A CANDIDATE
FORM ACTA- INSTRUCTION GUIDE
Revised July 14, 2010
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Form ACTA — Instruction Guide
FORM ACTA- AMENDMENT: APPOINTMENT OF A
CAMPAIGN TREASURER BY A CANDIDATE
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
These instructions are for the AMENDMENT- APPOINTMENT OF A CAMPAIGN TREASURER BY A
CANDIDATE (Form ACTA). Use this form for changing information previously reported on Form CTA and
for renewing your choice to report under the modified schedule. The information you enter on this form will
replace the information from your previous APPOINTMENT OF A CAMPAIGN TREASURER BY A
CANDIDATE (Form (CTA).
If any of the information required to be reported on your CAMPAIGN TREASURER APPOINTMENT
changes, you should file an amendment. Use the AMENDMENT form (Form ACTA) to report the
changes. Do not use the APPOINTMENT form (Form CTA).
You must also use the AMENDMENT form to renew your option to file under the modified
schedule.
Except for your name at the top of the form (and your account number, if you file with the Ethics
Commission), enter only the information that is di erent from what is on your current campaign
treasurer appointment. Do not repeat information that has not changed. The "NEW" boxes
emphasize that the information entered on this form should only be information that is different from
what was previously reported. Any information entered in a space with a "NEW" box will replace
the existing information.
SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS
Each numbered item in these instructions corresponds to the same numbered item on the form.
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1. CANDIDATE NAME: Enter your name as it is on your current campaign treasurer
appointment. Enter your name in the same way on Page 2, Section 13, of this form. If you are
reporting a name change, enter your new name under Section 4.
2. ACCOUNT #: If you are filing with the Ethics Commission, you were assigned a filer account
number when you filed your initial campaign treasurer appointment. You should have received
a letter acknowledging receipt of the form and informing you of your account number. Enter
this number wherever you see "ACCOUNT #." If you do not file with the Ethics Commission,
you are not required to enter an account number.
3. TOTAL PAGES FILED: After you have completed the form, enter the total number of pages
of this form and any additional pages. A "page" is one side of a two -sided form. If you are not
using a two -sided form, a "page" is a single sheet.
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4. CANDIDATE NAME: Complete this section only if your name has changed. If your name
has changed, enter your complete new name, including nicknames and suffixes (e.g., Sr., Jr.,
III) if applicable.
5. CANDIDATE MAILING ADDRESS: Complete this section only if your mailing address has
changed. If your mailing address has changed, enter your complete new address, including zip
code. This information will allow your filing authority to correspond with you.
6. CANDIDATE PHONE: Complete this section only if your phone number has changed. If
your phone number has changed, enter your new phone number, including the area code and
extension, if applicable.
7. OFFICE HELD: If you are an officeholder, complete this section only if your office has
changed. If your office has changed, please enter the new office held. Include the district,
precinct, or other designation for the office, if applicable.
8. OFFICE SOUGHT: If you are a candidate, complete this section only if the office you seek
has changed. If the office has changed, please enter the office you now seek, if known. Include
the district, precinct, or other designation for the office, if applicable.
Note: Changing the office you are seeking may require you to file your reports with a different
filing authority. See the Campaign Finance Guide for further information on filing with a different
authority.
9. CAMPAIGN TREASURER NAME: Complete this section only if your campaign treasurer
has changed. If your campaign treasurer has changed, enter the full name of your new
campaign treasurer, including nicknames and suffixes (e.g., Sr., Jr., III), if applicable.
Qualifications of Campaign Treasurer. A person is ineligible for appointment as a campaign .
treasurer if the person is the campaign treasurer of a political committee that has outstanding filing
obligations (including outstanding penalties). This prohibition does not apply if the committee in
connection with which the ineligibility arose has not accepted more than $5,000 in political
contributions or made more than $5,000 in political expenditures in any semiannual reporting period.
A person who violates this prohibition is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed three times the
amount of political contributions accepted or political expenditures made in violation of this
provision.
10. CAMPAIGN TREASURER STREET ADDRESS: Complete this section only if your
campaign treasurer's street address has changed. If your campaign treasurer's street address
has changed, enter the complete new address of your campaign treasurer, including the zip
code. You may enter either the treasurer's new business or residential street address. If you are
your own treasurer, you may enter either your business or residential street address. Please do
not enter a P.O. Box.
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11. CAMPAIGN TREASURER PHONE: Complete this section only if your campaign
treasurer's phone number has changed. If your campaign treasurer's phone number has
changed, enter the new phone number of your campaign treasurer, including the area code and
extension, if applicable.
12. CANDIDATE SIGNATURE: Enter your signature after reading the summary. Your signature
here indicates that you have read the following summary of the nepotism law; that you are aware
of your responsibility to file timely reports; and that you are aware of the restrictions on
contributions from corporations and labor organizations.
• The Texas nepotism law (Government Code, chapter 573) imposes certain restrictions
on both officeholders and candidates. You should consult the statute in regard to the
restrictions applicable to officeholders.
• A candidate may not take an affirmative action to influence an employee of the office to
which the candidate seeks election in regard to the appointment, confirmation,
employment or employment conditions of an individual who is related to the candidate
within a prohibited degree.
• A candidate for a multi- member governmental body may not take an affirmative action
to influence an officer or employee of the governmental body to which the candidate
seeks election in regard to the appointment, confirmation, or employment of an
individual related to the candidate in a prohibited degree.
• Two people are related within a prohibited degree if they are related within the third
degree by consanguinity (blood) or the second degree by affinity (marriage). The degree
of consanguinity is determined by the number of generations that separate them. If
neither is descended from the other, the degree of consanguinity is determined by adding
the number of generations that each is separated from a common ancestor. Examples:
(1) first degree - parent to child; (2) second degree - grandparent to grandchild; or
brother to sister; (3) third degree - great - grandparent to great - grandchild; or aunt to niece
who is child of individual's brother or sister. A husband and wife are related in the first
degree by affinity. A wife has the same degree of relationship by affinity to her
husband's relatives as her husband has by consanguinity. For example, a wife is related
to her husband's grandmother in the second degree by affinity.
Note: The changes you have made on this form will replace the information on your previous
APPOINTMENT form (Form CTA).
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13. CANDIDATE NAME: Enter your name as you did on Page 1, Section 1.
14. MODIFIED REPORTING DECLARATION: Sign this option if you wish to report under the
modified reporting schedule.
The modified reporting option is not available for candidates for the office of state chair of a
political party.
To the left of your signature, enter the year of the election or election cycle to which your selection
of modified reporting applies.
Your selection of modified reporting is valid for an entire election cycle. For example, if you choose
modified reporting before a primary election, your selection remains in effect for any runoff and for
the general election and any related runoff. You must make this selection at least 30 days before the
first election to which your selection applies.
An opposed candidate in an election is eligible to report under the modified reporting schedule if he
or she does not intend to accept more than $500 in political contributions or make more than $500 in
political expenditures in connection with an election. The amount of a filing fee paid to qualify for a
place on the ballot does not count against the $500 expenditure limit. An opposed candidate who
reports under the modified schedule is not required to file pre - election reports (due 30 days and 8
days before an election) or runoff reports (due 8 days before a runoff). (Note: An unopposed
candidate is not required to file pre - election reports in the first place.) The obligations to file semi-
annual reports, special pre - election reports (formerly known as telegram reports), or special session
reports, if applicable, are not affected by selecting the modified schedule.
The $500 maximums apply to each election within the cycle. In other words, you are limited to
$500 in contributions and expenditures in connection with the primary, an additional $500 in
contributions and expenditures in connection with the general election, and an additional $500 in
contributions and expenditures in connection with a runoff.
Exceeding $500 in contributions or expenditures. If you exceed $500 in contributions or
expenditures in connection with an election, you must file according to the regular schedule. In
other words, you must file pre- election reports and a runoff report, if you are in a runoff.
If you exceed either of the $500 limits after the 30th day before the election, you must file a sworn
report of contributions and expenditures within 48 hours after exceeding the limit. After that, you
must file any pre - election reports or runoff reports that are due under the regular filing schedule.
Your selection is not valid for other elections or election cycles. Use another amendment form
(ACTA) to renew your option to file under the modified schedule.
For more information, see the Ethics Commission's campaign finance guide that applies to you.
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