84R10753 MK-D
By: Uresti S.B. No. 1492
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to restrictions on future employment for state officers
and employees who participate in a procurement or contract
negotiation on behalf of a state agency; creating an offense.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 572, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 572.069 to read as follows:
Sec. 572.069. CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT FOR FORMER STATE OFFICER
OR EMPLOYEE RESTRICTED; CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A former state
officer or employee of a state agency who during the period of state
service or employment participated on behalf of a state agency in a
procurement or contract negotiation involving a person may not
accept employment from that person before the second anniversary of
the date the officer's or employee's service or employment with the
state agency ceased.
(b) An individual commits an offense if the individual
violates this section. An offense under this subsection is a Class
A misdemeanor.
SECTION 2. Section 572.069, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a state officer or employee whose service
or employment with a state agency ceases on or after the effective
date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.