TEC Trapping Texans - Texas Scorecard

The TEC has become an agency that struggles for relevance by setting regulatory traps that ensnare Texans whose only mistake was to think they could freely participate in the political process. THSC has experienced this corruption first-hand. The TEC’s legitimate functions have become increasingly difficult to find amid the mire of political favoritism and malicious punishment by process inflicted on everyday Texans.

As one example, THSC was fined $1900 by the TEC because we self-corrected a report, within two weeks of the deadline, to show that we actually spent $65 less during the reporting period than we initially recorded. When THSC contested the fine, we were denied; and one member suggested at the hearing we should have been fined $16,000 instead, the full amount we had spent in that reporting period.

At the same meeting, the TEC voted to reduce the fine to a state legislator for a report that was six months late from $10,000 to $1,000. After giving the state legislator a 90%, $9,000 fine reduction the TEC finally took a token $600 off of THSC’s fine that we had received for self-reporting a $65 error.