Texas Occupations Code
§ 51.214 — GIFT OR POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION TO OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE
OC § 51.214Title 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO LICENSING · Ch. 51. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION · Art. D. POWERS AND DUTIES
Statute text
View on source(a)A commission member, the executive director, or an employee of the department may not intentionally or knowingly accept a gift or political contribution from:
(1)a person that has a significant financial interest in the lottery;
(2)a person related in the first degree of consanguinity or affinity to a person that has a significant financial interest in the lottery;
(3)a person that owns more than a 10 percent interest in an entity that has a significant financial interest in the lottery;
(4)a political committee that is directly established, administered, or controlled, in whole or in part, by a person that has a significant financial interest in the lottery; or
(5)a person who, within the two years preceding the date of the gift or contribution, won a lottery prize exceeding $600 in amount or value.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1441, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Transferred, redesignated and amended from Government Code, Section 467.106 by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1160 (S.B. 3070), Sec. 56, eff. June 20, 2025.