Section 11.0261 - Prohibition Against Acceptance of Gifts, Gratuities, and Other Things of Value; Exception(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person who is a member of the commission or an employee of the department may not accept a gift, gratuity, or other thing of value, including travel, from a person who: (1) is employed by or participates in the management of a business entity or other organization that receives funds from the department;(2) owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more than a 10 percent interest in a business entity or other organization that receives funds from the department;(3) is a person a significant portion of whose business consists of furnishing goods or services to an entity or organization described by Subdivision (1) or (2); or(4) is an agent, representative, attorney, employee, officer, owner, director, or partner of an entity, organization, or person described by Subdivision (1), (2), or (3).(b) A department employee may accept reimbursement for travel expenses from the official nonprofit partner designated by the commission under Section 11.205 if: (1) the employee has sufficiently documented the expense; and(2) the expense arose out of the performance of an activity related to an employee's official duties regarding the partner.Tex. Parks and Wild. § 11.0261
Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 968, Sec. 22, eff. 9/1/2001.Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 4, eff. 9/1/1997.