(a) A racetrack association may not employ a person who has been a commission member, the executive director, or a commission employee in a position in the state employment classification plan of grade 12 or above, or a person related within the second degree by affinity or the third degree by consanguinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, to such a member or employee, during the one-year period immediately preceding the employment by the racetrack association.
(b) A person may not seek or accept employment with a racetrack association if the racetrack association would violate this section by employing the person.
(c) A racetrack association or person who violates this section commits an offense.