Tex. Health and Safety Code § 102.1062: EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRING PARTICIPATION.

The oversight committee shall adopt rules governing the waiver of the conflict-of-interest requirements of this chapter under exceptional circumstances for an oversight committee member, program integration committee member, research and prevention programs committee member, or institute employee. The rules must:

(1) authorize the chief executive officer or an oversight committee member to propose the granting of a waiver by submitting to the presiding officer of the oversight committee a written statement about the conflict of interest, the exceptional circumstance requiring the waiver, and any proposed limitations to the waiver;

(2) require a proposed waiver to be publicly reported at a meeting of the oversight committee;

(3) require a majority vote of the oversight committee members present and voting to grant a waiver;

(4) require any waiver granted to be reported annually to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the governor, and the standing committee of each house of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over institute matters; and

(5) require the institute to retain documentation of each waiver granted.

Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1150 (S.B. 149), Sec. 15, eff. June 14, 2013.