Tex. Utilities Code § 12.153
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 12.153, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
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§ 12.153. RELATIONSHIP WITH TRADE ASSOCIATION.
Official statutory text
A person may not serve as a commissioner or be a commission employee who is employed 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.), if the person is:
(1) an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a trade association; or
(2) the spouse of an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a trade association.
(1) an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a trade association; or
(2) the spouse of an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a trade association.
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