Tex. Occupations Code § 51.061
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 51.061, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 51.061. PROHIBITED CONDUCT.
Official statutory text
(a) A commission member may not:
(1) accept any employment or remuneration from:
(A) a person that has a significant financial interest in the lottery; or
(B) a bingo commercial lessor, bingo distributor, or bingo manufacturer;
(2) play any lottery or bingo game conducted in this state;
(3) accept or be entitled to accept any part of the winnings to be paid from a lottery or bingo game conducted in this state;
(4) use the member's official authority to affect the result of an election or nomination for public office; or
(5) directly or indirectly coerce, attempt to coerce, command, or advise a person to pay, lend, or contribute anything of value to another person for political purposes.
(b) A commission member or former commission member or the spouse of a commission member or former commission member may not solicit or accept employment from a person regulated by the commission before the second anniversary of the date on which the commission member's service on the commission ends.
(1) accept any employment or remuneration from:
(A) a person that has a significant financial interest in the lottery; or
(B) a bingo commercial lessor, bingo distributor, or bingo manufacturer;
(2) play any lottery or bingo game conducted in this state;
(3) accept or be entitled to accept any part of the winnings to be paid from a lottery or bingo game conducted in this state;
(4) use the member's official authority to affect the result of an election or nomination for public office; or
(5) directly or indirectly coerce, attempt to coerce, command, or advise a person to pay, lend, or contribute anything of value to another person for political purposes.
(b) A commission member or former commission member or the spouse of a commission member or former commission member may not solicit or accept employment from a person regulated by the commission before the second anniversary of the date on which the commission member's service on the commission ends.
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