COMMUNICATIONS TERMS AND CONDITIONS
TEXT MESSAGE AND ELECTRONIC MAIL PROGRAMS
Effective Date: 7/23/2026. Last Updated: 7/23/2026.
PART I — GENERAL PROVISIONS
1. Introduction, Scope, and Acceptance
Taxpayers For Term Limits PC (the "Committee," "we," "us," or "our") is a political committee organized and registered under Chapter 106, Florida Statutes, and maintained on the active committee list of the Florida Department of State, Division of Elections (the "Division"), under identification number 79944. The Committee's address of record is 5500 Military Trail, Num 20-202, Jupiter, Florida 33458, and its telephone number of record is (561) 203-1253.
These Communications Terms and Conditions (these "Terms") govern the Committee's text message program (the "Text Program") and the Committee's electronic mail program (the "Email Program," and together with the Text Program, the "Programs"). These Terms constitute the agreement between the Committee and each person who enrolls in either Program (each, a "Subscriber").
By furnishing a mobile telephone number to the Committee and affirmatively opting in to the Text Program, or by furnishing an electronic mail address to the Committee and affirmatively opting in to the Email Program, a Subscriber accepts these Terms in their entirety as to the Program so joined. Enrollment in one Program does not enroll a Subscriber in the other, and these Terms shall be construed accordingly.
These Terms supplement, and do not replace, the Committee's Privacy Policy, which governs the collection, use, retention, and disclosure of information obtained through the Programs and which is incorporated herein by reference. In the event of a conflict between these Terms and the Privacy Policy with respect to the treatment of information, the Privacy Policy controls, except that Section 12 of these Terms controls in all events as to mobile telephone numbers and text message consent records. In the event of a conflict between these Terms and any obligation imposed upon the Committee by the Florida Election Code, by the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and the rules of the Federal Communications Commission promulgated thereunder, by the messaging standards of the wireless carriers, by the acceptable use requirements of the Committee's electronic mail service provider, or by any other applicable law or binding standard, the obligation controls and the Committee will comply with it notwithstanding any contrary provision of these Terms.
2. Definitions
For purposes of these Terms, "Subscriber" has the meaning given in Section 1. "Text Program" and "Email Program" have the meanings given in Section 1. "Message" means any text message or electronic mail message transmitted by or on behalf of the Committee through a Program. "Transactional Message" means a Message the primary purpose of which is to confirm, acknowledge, or respond to an action the Subscriber has taken, including a confirmation of enrollment, a confirmation of withdrawal, a receipt or acknowledgment of a contribution, a confirmation of event registration, or a reply to an inquiry the Subscriber has directed to the Committee. "Solicitation Message" means any Message that is not a Transactional Message.
3. Consent Generally
Enrollment in either Program requires an affirmative act by which the Subscriber unambiguously indicates agreement to receive Messages at the mobile telephone number or electronic mail address furnished. The Committee does not enroll any person in either Program by default, does not pre-select or pre-check any consent mechanism, and does not treat silence, inaction, or the mere provision of a mobile telephone number or electronic mail address in another context as consent to receive Messages.
Consent to the Text Program and consent to the Email Program are sought and recorded separately, and neither is bundled with the other or with any other authorization the Committee may seek. Consent to receive Messages under either Program is not, and will not be made, a condition of making a contribution to the Committee, of registering as a volunteer, of attending a Committee event, or of any other participation whatsoever in the Committee's activities. A person who declines to enroll in either or both Programs suffers no disadvantage in any other dealing with the Committee.
By enrolling in either Program, a Subscriber represents and warrants that the Subscriber is at least eighteen years of age; that the mobile telephone number or electronic mail address furnished belongs to the Subscriber and is one at which the Subscriber is authorized to receive Messages; that the Subscriber is not furnishing an address or number assigned to an employer, a family member, or any other person without that person's authority; and that the information furnished is accurate.
PART II — TEXT MESSAGE PROGRAM
4. Description of the Text Program
The Text Program consists of recurring text messages transmitted by or on behalf of the Committee by means of an automatic telephone dialing system or other automated technology. Messages transmitted through the Text Program may include solicitations for contributions to the Committee; requests for volunteer assistance; notices of Committee events and of opportunities to participate in them; information concerning candidates for state, multi-county, legislative, and local office whom the Committee supports or opposes; information concerning ballot issues and matters of public policy the Committee supports or opposes; requests that a Subscriber contact a public official or take other civic action; and Transactional Messages.
5. Consent to the Text Program
Enrollment in the Text Program requires the Subscriber's prior express written consent, obtained through an affirmative act as described in Section 3, and evidenced by a record maintained in accordance with Section 21. The Committee applies this standard to every enrollment in the Text Program without regard to whether a particular Message would, standing alone, require consent of that character under applicable law.
6. Message Frequency
Message frequency under the Text Program varies according to the Committee's activities. A Subscriber should ordinarily expect to receive approximately four to eight text messages per month, and should expect a materially greater number during the periods immediately preceding a primary or general election, during legislative sessions, and during periods in which a ballot issue the Committee supports or opposes is pending. This statement is an estimate offered in good faith and is not a guarantee, a cap, or a contractual commitment as to any particular number of Messages.
7. Charges
The Committee imposes no charge upon a Subscriber for participation in the Text Program. Message and data rates may nonetheless apply according to the terms of the Subscriber's own agreement with the Subscriber's wireless carrier, and the Subscriber is solely responsible for all such charges. A Subscriber uncertain as to the charges applicable to text messaging should consult the Subscriber's wireless carrier before enrolling.
8. Revocation of Consent and Opt-Out from the Text Program
A Subscriber may revoke consent and withdraw from the Text Program at any time and without any charge, condition, or penalty. The designated method of revocation is to reply STOP to any text message received from the Committee, whereupon the Committee will cease transmitting Solicitation Messages to that mobile telephone number and will transmit a single confirmation of the revocation, which confirmation does not itself constitute a further solicitation.
The Committee will additionally honor a revocation of consent communicated by any other reasonable means, including a reply containing words such as "quit," "end," "cancel," "unsubscribe," or "revoke," a telephone call to the Committee's number of record, an electronic mail message to the Committee, or a written request delivered to the Committee's address of record, in each case in accordance with the rules of the Federal Communications Commission governing revocation of consent. A Subscriber is not required to use any particular word, form, or channel in order to revoke consent effectively.
The Committee will give effect to a revocation as promptly as practicable and in no event later than the period prescribed by applicable law. Withdrawal from the Text Program does not withdraw a Subscriber from the Email Program, which must be discontinued separately as provided in Section 15.
9. Assistance
A Subscriber may obtain assistance concerning the Text Program by replying HELP to any text message received from the Committee, by telephoning the Committee at (561) 203-1253, or by contacting the Committee as provided in Section 25.
10. Supported Carriers and Delivery
The Text Program is compatible with the major wireless carriers operating in the United States, though carrier participation may change without notice to the Committee. Delivery is subject to conditions beyond the Committee's control, including network congestion, service interruption, device configuration, and the operation of carrier filtering systems. Wireless carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. The Committee does not warrant that any Message will be delivered, delivered without delay, or delivered in a particular form.
11. Change or Reassignment of a Mobile Telephone Number
A Subscriber who relinquishes, disconnects, ports, transfers, or otherwise ceases to use a mobile telephone number enrolled in the Text Program shall promptly notify the Committee, so that the Committee may remove the number before it is reassigned to another subscriber by the wireless carrier. A Subscriber who fails to do so may cause Messages to be delivered to a person who has not consented to receive them.
The Committee employs commercially reasonable measures to identify and remove reassigned and disconnected numbers from the Text Program, including the use of such carrier and industry resources as are available for that purpose, and will remove any number promptly upon learning that it has been reassigned. Any person who receives Messages at a number enrolled by a prior subscriber may cause them to cease by replying STOP or by contacting the Committee as provided in Section 25, and the Committee will act upon such notice immediately.
12. Non-Transfer of Mobile Telephone Numbers and Text Consent Data
The Committee does not sell, rent, lease, trade, exchange, license, or otherwise transfer any Subscriber's mobile telephone number, or any record of a Subscriber's consent to receive text messages, to any third party for that third party's own marketing purposes or for any other independent purpose of that third party. Such information is disclosed solely to the messaging service provider that transmits Messages upon the Committee's behalf, and solely to the extent necessary for that provider to do so, and to any governmental authority to which disclosure is required by law or lawful process.
This Section states an absolute prohibition and applies notwithstanding any provision of these Terms or of the Committee's Privacy Policy permitting the transfer of electronic mail addresses, postal addresses, or any other category of information to other candidates, committees, parties, or organizations. Mobile telephone numbers and text message consent records are excluded from every such transfer without exception, and the permissions granted elsewhere as to electronic mail addresses confer no permission whatsoever as to mobile telephone numbers.
This Section is required by the wireless carrier registration standards applicable to application-to-person messaging. It shall not be construed, amended, waived, harmonized with any other provision, or applied in any manner inconsistent with those standards, it shall not be severed under Section 24, and any purported amendment or waiver that would permit a transfer prohibited by it is void.
PART III — ELECTRONIC MAIL PROGRAM
13. Description of the Email Program
The Email Program consists of electronic mail messages transmitted by or on behalf of the Committee to Subscribers who have enrolled. Messages transmitted through the Email Program may include the categories of content described in Section 4, together with newsletters, longer-form communications concerning the Committee's activities and positions, and Transactional Messages.
14. Message Frequency
Message frequency under the Email Program varies according to the Committee's activities and may be substantially greater than the frequency of the Text Program. A Subscriber should expect a materially greater number of Messages during the periods immediately preceding a primary or general election, during legislative sessions, and during periods in which a ballot issue the Committee supports or opposes is pending. The Committee offers no estimate of, and makes no commitment as to, any particular number of electronic mail Messages.
15. Withdrawal from the Email Program
Every Solicitation Message transmitted through the Email Program contains a conspicuous and functioning mechanism by which a Subscriber may withdraw from the Email Program, which mechanism will remain operable for not less than thirty days following transmission of the Message in which it appears. A Subscriber may additionally withdraw by contacting the Committee as provided in Section 25.
Withdrawal is free of charge and is not conditioned upon the Subscriber providing any information beyond the electronic mail address to be removed, upon the Subscriber stating a reason, upon the Subscriber logging in to any account, or upon the Subscriber taking any step other than a single affirmative act. The Committee will give effect to a withdrawal as promptly as practicable and in no event later than ten business days following receipt.
Withdrawal from the Email Program does not withdraw a Subscriber from the Text Program, which must be discontinued separately as provided in Section 8.
16. Transactional Messages
The Committee may continue to transmit Transactional Messages to a Subscriber notwithstanding that Subscriber's withdrawal from either Program, and such Messages are not subject to the withdrawal mechanisms described in Sections 8 and 15. Transactional Messages include contribution receipts and acknowledgments the Committee transmits in the ordinary course, and the Committee will not use a Transactional Message as a vehicle for solicitation.
17. Sender Identification and Postal Address
Every Message transmitted through the Email Program will identify the Committee accurately in its sender name, originating address, and reply address; will bear a subject line that is not false, deceptive, or materially misleading as to the contents or subject matter of the Message; and will contain the Committee's valid physical postal address. The Committee will not transmit any Message through the Email Program using header information that is false or misleading, using a third party's domain or address without authorization, or through any relay or retransmission intended to disguise the Message's origin.
18. List Practices
The Committee does not, and will not, obtain electronic mail addresses for the Email Program by automated harvesting from websites or online services, by dictionary attack, by automated account creation, or from any source the Committee knows or reasonably should know to have obtained the addresses by such means. The Committee acquires addresses through direct enrollment and through such lawful sources as its Privacy Policy describes.
19. Standards Applicable to the Email Program
The Committee operates the Email Program in conformity with the standards applicable to commercial electronic mail under the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 and the rules of the Federal Trade Commission promulgated thereunder, together with the acceptable use requirements of its electronic mail service provider, and does so without regard to whether any particular Message constitutes a commercial electronic mail message within the meaning of that Act. Nothing in this Section constitutes an admission that any Message transmitted through the Email Program is a commercial electronic mail message, and the Committee expressly reserves its position that Messages soliciting political contributions and communicating political and civic content are not commercial electronic mail messages within the meaning of that Act. The Committee's conformity with those standards is voluntary, is undertaken as a matter of practice, and does not enlarge any obligation imposed upon it by law.
PART IV — PROVISIONS COMMON TO BOTH PROGRAMS
20. Accuracy of Information; Prohibited Conduct
A Subscriber is responsible for the accuracy of the information furnished in connection with enrollment. A Subscriber shall not enroll a mobile telephone number or electronic mail address belonging to another person without that person's express authority, shall not furnish false or misleading information to the Committee, and shall not use either Program to transmit unlawful, abusive, threatening, harassing, or fraudulent content to the Committee. The Committee may remove any number or address from either Program, and may decline to enroll any number or address, at its discretion and without notice.
21. Privacy and Records of Consent
Information obtained through the Programs is governed by the Committee's Privacy Policy. Subscribers are directed in particular to the provisions of that Policy concerning the mandatory public disclosure of contributor information under Chapter 106, Florida Statutes, which apply to any contribution made in response to a Message exactly as they apply to any other contribution.
The Committee maintains, for each enrollment in either Program, a record of consent comprising the date and time of enrollment, the mobile telephone number or electronic mail address enrolled, the Program joined, the enrollment mechanism used, the exact text of the consent language displayed or transmitted to the Subscriber at the time of enrollment, and such technical particulars as the internet protocol address or originating message identifier associated with the enrollment. The Committee retains such records for the period stated in the Privacy Policy and for so long as is necessary to establish the existence and scope of a Subscriber's consent.
22. Modification or Discontinuation
The Committee may modify, suspend, or discontinue either Program, in whole or in part, at any time and without notice or liability. The Committee may amend these Terms at any time, subject always to the final paragraph of Section 12, and any amendment takes effect upon posting to the Committee's website, whereupon the "Last Updated" date appearing above will be revised. Where an amendment materially alters the nature of either Program or the treatment of a Subscriber's information, the Committee will provide notice by a means more prominent than a revision of the date alone. Continued participation following an amendment constitutes acceptance of these Terms as amended, and a Subscriber who does not accept an amendment may withdraw as provided in Section 8 or Section 15.
23. Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
The Programs are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Committee disclaims all warranties of any kind with respect to the Programs, whether express, implied, or statutory, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement, and any warranty as to the availability, timeliness, accuracy, or reliability of Messages.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Committee shall not be liable to any Subscriber for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages arising out of or relating to either Program, including damages arising from message or data charges imposed by a wireless carrier, from delayed, undelivered, filtered, or misdirected Messages, or from the acts or omissions of any wireless carrier, messaging service provider, or electronic mail service provider. Nothing in this Section limits any liability that cannot be limited under applicable law.
24. Governing Law; Severability; Construction
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. If any provision of these Terms is held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, that provision shall be severed and the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect, provided that Section 12 shall not be severed and shall survive in all events. The Part and Section headings appearing in these Terms are for convenience of reference only and do not affect their construction. No failure or delay by the Committee in exercising any right under these Terms operates as a waiver of that right.
25. Contact
Inquiries concerning either Program, and requests submitted under these Terms, should be directed to the Treasurer, Taxpayers For Term Limits PC, 5500 Military Trail, Num 20-202, Jupiter, Florida 33458, electronic mail contact@taxpayersfortermlimits.org.
This document is a draft prepared for review and approval by the Committee's counsel prior to publication. It does not constitute legal advice, and no attorney-client relationship arises from its preparation or use.