Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 5018.0060 · Subchapter B. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A district commissioner, engineer, or employee, personally or as an agent for another person, may not benefit directly or indirectly from a sale, purchase, or contract entered into by the board.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person violates this section. An offense under this subsection is a misdemeanor punishable by:
(1) a fine not to exceed $1,000;
(2) confinement in the county jail for not less than six months or more than one year; or
(3) both the fine and confinement.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.5018.htm
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- 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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