Mon 27 Oct, 2014 08:04 pm
Does Texas have public matching funds. If so, what do they do?
@csmyth18,
Do you have a definition for "public matching funds", because I don't know what you are trying to ask. Perhaps you could provide a sentence that actually used those three words together?
@glitterbag,
I believe they are when the government matches the funds the campaign raises (and gives the money to the campaign) but in return for a limit on spending.
@csmyth18,
Are you referring to political campaigns or non profit donation campaigns or matching of dollars for Federal programs such as CHip?
@csmyth18,
This op-ed would seem to indicate there is no such thing as public funding of political campaigns in Texas.
http://setexasrecord.com/arguments/299164-view-texas-approve-public-funding-political-campaigns
Here is a link to the Texas Election code:
http://www.ethics.state.tx.us/statutes/11title15.html
There is not an obvious mention of any public funding.