88R1839 SHH-D
 
  By: Miles S.B. No. 239
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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.