Prohibited solicitations.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 18-33
in effectSec. 18-33. - Prohibited solicitations.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any candidate to accept or to offer or agree to accept any contribution that was solicited by a member of the ethics commission, planning commission or a member of the sports authority board, the port authority board, or the metropolitan transit authority board appointed by the city.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any member of the ethics commission, planning commission or a member of the sports authority board, the port authority board, or the metropolitan transit authority board appointed by the city to solicit contributions for any candidate.
(c) It shall be unlawful for a city employee to solicit contributions for any candidate at any time unless the employee is acting during off-duty hours or is on a duly approved leave of absence. Further, this section does not contradict state law as it applies to police and fire personnel.
(Ord. No. 92-1245, § 5, 9-16-92; Ord. No. 95-104, § 1, 1-25-95; Ord. No. 01-742, § 1, 8-8-01; Ord. No. 2011-47, § 14, 1-12-2011; Ord. No. 2012-773, § 13, 8-29-2012)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH18ETFIDI_ARTIVLISOCO_S18-33PRSOFetched: 10/26/2026