"SEIU Lovell"

A few more sections of law that Sue Lovell might want to forward to the SEIU after this bit of revelation ...

? 254.039. TELEGRAM REPORT BY CERTAIN GENERAL-PURPOSE COMMITTEES.

(a) In addition to other reports required by this chapter, a general-purpose committee that makes direct campaign expenditures supporting or opposing either a single candidate that in the aggregate exceed $1,000 or a group of candidates that in the aggregate exceed $15,000 during the period beginning the ninth day before election day and ending at 12 noon on the second day before election day shall file a report by telegram or telephonic facsimile machine or by hand with the commission not later than 48 hours after the expenditure is made.

(b) Each report required by this section must include the amount of the expenditures, the full name and address of the persons to whom the expenditures are made, and the dates and purposes of the expenditures.

(c) Section 254.036 does not apply to a report required by this section.

? 254.154. ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF COMMITTEE INVOLVED IN ELECTION. (a) In addition to other required reports, for each election in which a
general-purpose committee is involved, the committee's campaign treasurer shall file two reports.

(b) The first report shall be filed not later than the 30th day before election day. The report covers the period beginning the day the committee's campaign treasurer appointment is filed or the first day after the period covered by the committee's last required report, as applicable, and continuing through the 40th day before election day.

(c) The second report shall be filed not later than the eighth day before election day. The report covers the period beginning the 39th day before election day and continuing through the 10th day before election day.

(d) If a general-purpose committee becomes involved in an election after a reporting period prescribed by Subsection (b) or (c), the committee's campaign treasurer shall file the first report not later than the regular deadline for the report covering the period during which the committee becomes involved in the election.
The period covered by the first report begins the day the committee's
campaign treasurer appointment is filed or the first day after the period covered by the committee's last required report, as applicable.

(e) In addition to other required reports, the campaign treasurer of a general-purpose committee involved in an election and an ensuing runoff election shall file one report for the runoff election. The runoff election report shall be filed not earlier than the 10th day or later than the eighth day before runoff election day. The report covers the period beginning the ninth day before the date of the main election and continuing through the 10th day before runoff election day.

The ethics complaint that the Jay Aiyer campaign has filed notes that the SEIU filed their expense on mail through their FEDERAL PAC filing. Well, apparently, they forgot to file themselves in accordance with Texas state law before they dropped about $70,000 of illegal electioneering here in Houston.

So I'm suddenly curious what Sue Lovell's opinion of Ronnie Earle's investigation into the TRMPAC mess is. Question number one ... "What's the difference?"