Tex. Occ. Code § 553.005 · Chapter 553. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND OTHER BOARD PERSONNEL
EMPLOYEE RESTRICTIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person may not be an employee of the board employed in a "bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity," as that phrase is used for purposes of establishing an exemption to the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), if:
(1) the person is an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of health care; or
(2) the person's spouse is an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of health care.
(b) A person may not act as general counsel to the board if the person is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, because of the person's activities for compensation on behalf of a profession related to the operation of the board.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1345 (S.B. 410), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2005.
Source of truth
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.553.htm
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