Texas Insurance Code - Section 33.007. Prohibited Representation
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§ 33.007. PROHIBITED REPRESENTATION. (a) A person who
served as the commissioner, the general counsel to the
commissioner, or the public insurance counsel, or as an employee of
the State Office of Administrative Hearings who was involved in
hearing cases under this code, another insurance law of this state,
or Title 5, Labor Code, commits an offense if the person represents
another person in a matter before the department or receives
compensation for services performed on behalf of another person
regarding a matter pending before the department during the
one-year period after the date the person ceased to be the
commissioner, the general counsel to the commissioner, the public
insurance counsel, or an employee of the State Office of
Administrative Hearings.
(b) A person who served as a member of the State Board of
Insurance or as a staff employee of a member of the State Board of
Insurance, or who served as the commissioner, the general counsel
to the commissioner, or the public insurance counsel or as an
employee of the department or the State Office of Administrative
Hearings, commits an offense if, after the person ceased to serve,
the person represents another person or receives compensation for
services performed on behalf of another person regarding a matter
with which the person was directly concerned during the person's
service. For purposes of this subsection, a person was directly
concerned with a matter if the person had personal involvement with
the matter or if the matter was within the scope of the person's
official responsibility.
(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
(d) This section does not apply to a department employee
whose position is eliminated as a direct result of a reduction in
the department's workforce.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 101, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 265, § 6.054, eff. Sept. 1,
2005.
Section: 32.041 33.001 33.002 33.003 33.004 33.005 33.006 33.007 34.001 34.002 34.003 34.004 34.005 36.001 36.002
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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