By Ron Munden May 9, 2012
On Tuesday a representative in the Texas Ethics Commission told ETT that the "Committee for Better Roads" (CBR) had not registered with the state as required by law. He did say that the CBR could have filed with the Harrison County elections office.
ETT contacted Pam Block at the Harrison County Office and Lisa Agnor at the city. Both said that the CBR had not filed any paperwork with them.
The representative at the TEC said that not filing is a violation of state law and referred me to their "Campaign Finance Guide for Political Committees" for details.
The guide states:
FILING AN APPOINTMENT OF CAMPAIGN TREASURER
A group becomes a political committee by its actions, not by filing an appointment of campaign
treasurer. A political committee must have a campaign treasurer appointment on file, however,
before it may engage in certain activity.
$500 THRESHOLDS FOR FILING A CAMPAIGN TREASURER APPOINTMENT
Contributions. Neither a general-purpose committee nor a specific-purpose committee may accept
political contributions that total more than $500 without first filing a campaign treasurer
appointment.
ETT could find nothing that would indicate the CBR took this action.
The guide establishes specific filing requirements. The guide states: