Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8506.059 · Subchapter B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS; ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A director, officer, agent, or employee of the authority may not be directly or indirectly interested in a contract for the purchase of any property or construction of any work by or for the authority.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person violates this section. An offense under this subsection is a felony punishable by:
(1) a fine not to exceed $10,000;
(2) confinement in the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for not less than one year or more than 10 years; or
(3) both the fine and confinement.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2017.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.8506.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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