Tex. Occ. Code § 57.104 · Subchapter C. REVIEW OF STATE AGENCY RULES
CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "Texas trade association" means a cooperative and voluntarily joined statewide association of business or professional competitors in this state 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 be appointed as director or employed by the division 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.), and its subsequent amendments, if:
(1) the person is an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association; or
(2) the person's spouse is an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association.
(c) A person may not be appointed as director or act as the general counsel to the division if the person is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 668 (S.B. 1995), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019.
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