Texas Education Code - Section 8.009. Applicability Of Certain Laws Relating To Conflict Of Interest

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§ 8.009. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAWS RELATING TO 
CONFLICT OF INTEREST.  (a) A member of the board of directors and 
the executive director of a regional education service center are 
each considered to be a local public official for purposes of 
Chapter 171, Local Government Code.  For purposes of that chapter a 
member of the board of directors and the executive director of a 
regional education service center are each considered to have a 
substantial interest in a business entity if a person related to the 
member or the executive director in the third degree by 
consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573, 
Government Code, has a substantial interest in the business entity 
under Section 171.002, Local Government Code.
	(b)  A regional education service center is considered to be 
a political subdivision for purposes of Section 131.903, Local 
Government Code.
	(c)  To the extent consistent with this section, if a law 
described by this section applies to a school district or the board 
of trustees of a school district, the law applies to a regional 
education service center and the board of directors and executive 
director of a regional education service center.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 350, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.           

Last modified: August 10, 2007