| 1 | 1 | | 89R817 CJD-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Bryant H.B. No. 1924 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to employment restrictions for certain former county or |
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| 10 | 10 | | municipal officers and employees. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 171, Local Government Code, is amended |
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| 13 | 13 | | by adding Section 171.008 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 171.008. EMPLOYMENT FOR CERTAIN FORMER COUNTY OR |
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| 15 | 15 | | MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES RESTRICTED. (a) Except as |
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| 16 | 16 | | provided by Subsection (b), a former county or municipal officer or |
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| 17 | 17 | | employee who during the period of county or municipal service or |
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| 18 | 18 | | employment participated on behalf of the county or municipality in |
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| 19 | 19 | | a contract negotiation or procurement involving a person may not |
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| 20 | 20 | | accept employment from that person before the second anniversary of |
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| 21 | 21 | | the date the contract is signed or the procurement is terminated or |
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| 22 | 22 | | withdrawn. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b) The governing body of a county or municipality may, on |
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| 24 | 24 | | an individual basis, waive the applicability of the prohibition |
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| 25 | 25 | | under Subsection (a) for a former county or municipal officer or |
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| 26 | 26 | | employee who submits to the governing body an application for a |
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| 27 | 27 | | waiver from the prohibition in the form and manner the governing |
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| 28 | 28 | | body requires. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. Section 171.008, Local Government Code, as added |
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| 30 | 30 | | by this Act, applies only to a county or municipal officer or |
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| 31 | 31 | | employee whose service or employment with a county or municipality |
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| 32 | 32 | | ceases on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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