A comprehensive list of the commission rules are offered in PDF format. Individual proposed/adopted rules can also be downloaded individually.
Commission Rules
Proposed / Adopted Rules
The Texas Administrative Procedure Act (Gov’t Code, Ch. 2001) requires every state agency to conduct a periodic review of its rules. The law requires a state agency to review and readopt, readopt with amendments, or repeal on the fourth anniversary of the date on which the rule takes effect and every four years after that date
TEC Comprehensive Rule Review Plan
The Commission invites public comment on new rule proposals. A written statement should be emailed to public_comment@ethics.state.tx.us, or mailed or delivered to James Tinley, Texas Ethics Commission, P.O. Box 12070, Austin, Texas 78711-2070. A person who wants to offer spoken comments to the Commission concerning a proposed rule may do so during the public comment period at any Commission meeting when the Commission considers the proposed rule.
Commission Meetings Information
The Commission is currently seeking public comment on the following rules:
Section 571.064(b) of the Government Code requires the Commission to annually adjust reporting thresholds upward to the nearest multiple of $10 in accordance with the percentage increase for the previous year in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor. The laws under the Commission’s authority that include reporting thresholds are Title 15 of the Election Code (campaign finance law), Chapter 305 of the Government Code (lobby law), Chapter 572 of the Government Code (personal financial statements), and Chapters 302 and 303 of the Government Code (speaker election, governor for a day, and speaker’s reunion day ceremony reports). The Annual Thresholds Table contains the history of these adjustments since 2019.
Annual Thresholds Table
Annual thresholds are effective January 1st of each calendar year.
NOTE for Personal Financial Statement (PFS) filers: PFS reports cover the previous calendar year. PFS filers must be careful to select the thresholds that are in effect for that previous calendar year, not the current year.