Texas Utilities Code - Section 12.155. Prohibition On Employment Or Representation
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§ 12.155. PROHIBITION ON EMPLOYMENT OR
REPRESENTATION. (a) A commissioner, a commission employee, or an
employee of the State Office of Administrative Hearings involved in
hearing utility cases may not:
(1) be employed by a public utility that was in the
scope of the commissioner's or employee's official responsibility
while the commissioner or employee was associated with the
commission or the State Office of Administrative Hearings; or
(2) represent a person before the commission or State
Office of Administrative Hearings or a court in a matter:
(A) in which the commissioner or employee was
personally involved while associated with the commission or State
Office of Administrative Hearings; or
(B) that was within the commissioner's or
employee's official responsibility while the commissioner or
employee was associated with the commission or State Office of
Administrative Hearings.
(b) The prohibition of Subsection (a)(1) applies until the:
(1) second anniversary of the date the commissioner
ceases to serve as a commissioner; and
(2) first anniversary of the date the employee's
employment with the commission or State Office of Administrative
Hearings ceases.
(c) The prohibition of Subsection (a)(2) applies while a
commissioner, commission employee, or employee of the State Office
of Administrative Hearings involved in hearing utility cases is
associated with the commission or State Office of Administrative
Hearings and at any time after.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Section: 12.103 12.105 12.106 12.151 12.152 12.153 12.154 12.155 12.156 12.201 12.202 12.203 12.251 12.252 12.253
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