Texas Education Code - Section 7.112. Representation Of Textbook Publisher By Former Member Of Board

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§ 7.112. REPRESENTATION OF TEXTBOOK PUBLISHER BY FORMER 
MEMBER OF BOARD.  (a) A former member of the State Board of 
Education who is employed by or otherwise receives compensation 
from a textbook publisher may not, before the second anniversary of 
the date on which the person last served as a member of the State 
Board of Education:
		(1)  confer with a member of the board of trustees of a 
school district concerning a textbook published by that textbook 
publisher;  or
		(2)  appear at a meeting of the board of trustees on 
behalf of the textbook publisher.
	(b)  A person who violates Subsection (a) commits an offense.  
An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
	(c)  In this section:                                                          
		(1)  "Compensation" means money, a service, or another 
thing of value or financial benefit received in return for or in 
connection with a service provided.
		(2)  "Publisher" and "textbook" have the meanings 
assigned by Section 31.002.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, § 1, eff. May 30, 1995.            

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