By: Gallegos S.B. No. 2468
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the post-employment activities of county and other
local public officials.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 171, Local Government Code, is amended
by adding Section 171.011 to read as follows:
Sec. 171.011. POST-EMPLOYMENT ACTIVITIES (a) In a county
with a population of 3.3 million or more, a former local public
official of the county, a precinct, a flood control district, or a
hospital district may not
(1) make any communication to or appearance before the
commissioners court or other governing body under which the
official served, or any other official thereof, with the intent to
influence official action on behalf of another before the second
anniversary of the date the former official terminated employment
or left office or
(2) represent any person or receive compensation for
services rendered on behalf of any person regarding a particular
matter in which the official personally participated or over which
official had responsibility during the period of the official's
public service.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.