Tex. Lab. Code § 404.057 · Subchapter B. INJURED EMPLOYEE PUBLIC COUNSEL
TRADE ASSOCIATIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "trade association" means a nonprofit, cooperative, and voluntarily joined association of business or professional competitors designed to assist its members and its industry or profession in dealing with mutual business or professional problems and in promoting their common interest.
(b) A person may not serve as public counsel if the person has been, within the previous two years:
(1) an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a trade association in the field of workers' compensation; or
(2) the spouse of an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a trade association in the field of workers' compensation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 3.016, eff. September 1, 2005.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.404.htm
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