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Tex. Gov't Code § 660.016

PROHIBITION AGAINST ACCEPTING MONEY OR TRAVEL EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENTS FROM CERTAIN PERSONS

Known as the Travel Regulations Act

The act spans §§ 660.001 to 660.209 (64 sections).

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1300, Sec. 4, eff

(a) Unless authorized by law, a state employee may not accept money for wages or for a travel expense reimbursement from a person that the employee's employing state agency intends to audit, examine, or investigate or is auditing, examining, or investigating.

(b) A state employee who violates Subsection (a) shall forfeit the money or travel expense reimbursement to the state.

(c) Subsections (a) and (b) are in addition to any other prohibitions, penalties, and forfeitures imposed or required by other law.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.