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Tex. Lab. Code § 402.00124

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Known as the Texas Workers' Compensation Act

The act spans §§ 401–419 (623 sections).

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 1.004, eff

(a) In this section, "Texas trade association" means a cooperative and voluntarily joined statewide association of business or professional competitors in this state designed to assist its members and its industry or profession in dealing with mutual business or professional problems and in promoting their common interest.

(b) A person may not be the commissioner and may not be a division employee employed in a "bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity" as that phrase is used for purposes of establishing an exemption to the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.) if:

(1) the person is an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of workers' compensation; or

(2) the person's spouse is an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of workers' compensation.

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