Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 143.088 · Subchapter F. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
UNLAWFUL RESIGNATION OR RETIREMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section does not apply to a municipality with a population of 1.5 million or more.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person accepts money or anything of value from another person in return for retiring or resigning from the person's civil service position.
(c) A person commits an offense if the person gives money or anything of value to another person in return for the other person's retirement or resignation from the person's civil service position.
(d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.143.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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