{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-7.112","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 7.112","heading":"REPRESENTATION OF PUBLISHER OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS BY FORMER MEMBER OF BOARD.","body":"(a) A former member of the State Board of Education who is employed by or otherwise receives compensation from a publisher of instructional materials may not, before the second anniversary of the date on which the person last served as a member of the State Board of Education:\n(1) confer with a member of the board of trustees of a school district concerning instructional materials published by that publisher; or\n(2) appear at a meeting of the board of trustees on behalf of the publisher.\n(b) A person who violates Subsection (a) commits an offense. An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.\n(c) In this section:\n(1) \"Compensation\" means money, a service, or another thing of value or financial benefit received in return for or in connection with a service provided.\n(2) \"Instructional material\" and \"publisher\" have the meanings assigned by Section 31.002.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 6, eff. July 19, 2011.\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 7, eff. July 19, 2011.\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 8, eff. July 19, 2011.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION","SUBTITLE B. STATE AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNANCE","CHAPTER 7. STATE ORGANIZATION","SUBCHAPTER D. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.7.htm#7.112","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"65ea2de3ed7ec23d50ba78980d5531968bc8c6f2eae412cb12b628c121e83101","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-7.111","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-7.113"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}