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Tex. Local Government Code § 336.058: CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN CONTRACT.
Where this section sits in the code
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
- TITLE 10. PARKS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
- SUBTITLE C. PARKS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- CHAPTER 336. MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL LIBRARY DISTRICTS
- SUBCHAPTER C. BOARD OF TRUSTEES
(a) For purposes of this section, a trustee who is an employee of, or a trustee related within the second degree by affinity or consanguinity as determined under Subchapter B, Chapter 573, Government Code, to a person who is financially interested in a contract is considered to be financially interested in the contract.
(b) A trustee who is financially interested in a contract may not vote on the acceptance of the contract or participate in the discussion on the contract.
(c) A trustee who is financially interested in a contract with the district shall disclose that fact to the other trustees. The disclosure shall be entered into the minutes of the meeting.
(d) The failure of a trustee to disclose the trustee's financial interest in a contract and to have the disclosure entered in the minutes invalidates the contract.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 883 (S.B. 1205), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005.
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