FINANCE CODE

CHAPTER 276. FINANCIAL INSTITUTION ACCOUNTS


	§ 276.001.  ACCOUNTS FOR CANDIDATES FOR PUBLIC 
OFFICE.  (a)  A financial institution may not open an account in 
the name of a candidate without obtaining that candidate's consent 
and signature.  This subsection does not require that the candidate 
be a signatory to the account.
	(b)  In this section:                                                          
		(1)  "Candidate" has the meaning assigned by Section 
251.001, Election Code.
		(2)  "Financial institution" means a bank, savings and 
loan association, savings bank, or credit union.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, § 7.27(a), eff. Sept. 1, 
1999.