Bill Text: TX SB239 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to employment restrictions for former employees of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; providing an administrative penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-15 - Referred to State Affairs [SB239 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB239-Introduced.html
| 88R1839 SHH-D | ||
| By: Miles | S.B. No. 239 | |
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| relating to employment restrictions for former employees of the | ||
| Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; providing an | ||
| administrative penalty. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 5, Water Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 5.062 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 5.062. CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT FOR FORMER EMPLOYEE | ||
| RESTRICTED. A former employee of the commission may not accept | ||
| employment in an industry regulated by the commission, as described | ||
| in Section 5.013(a), before the second anniversary of the date the | ||
| person ceased to be an employee of the commission. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 7.052, Water Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subsection (b-5) to read as follows: | ||
| (b-5) A person who hires a former employee of the commission | ||
| in violation of Section 5.062 is subject to an administrative | ||
| penalty not to exceed an amount that is equal to three times the | ||
| employee's salary for the position hired. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 5.062, Water Code, as added by this Act, | ||
| applies only to a person who ceases to be an employee of the Texas | ||
| Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date | ||
| of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
