{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-8.009","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 8.009","heading":"APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAWS RELATING TO CONFLICT OF INTEREST.","body":"(a) A member of the board of directors and the executive director of a regional education service center are each considered to be a local public official for purposes of Chapter 171, Local Government Code. For purposes of that chapter a member of the board of directors and the executive director of a regional education service center are each considered to have a substantial interest in a business entity if a person related to the member or the executive director in the third degree by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, has a substantial interest in the business entity under Section 171.002, Local Government Code.\n(b) A regional education service center is considered to be a political subdivision for purposes of Section 131.903, Local Government Code.\n(c) To the extent consistent with this section, if a law described by this section applies to a school district or the board of trustees of a school district, the law applies to a regional education service center and the board of directors and executive director of a regional education service center.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 350, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION","SUBTITLE B. STATE AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNANCE","CHAPTER 8. REGIONAL EDUCATION SERVICE CENTERS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.8.htm#8.009","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"f73f7b1b1fbd8cf629fce85de013fa88870a01d919a86f3078b02c419ce9c7f8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-8.008","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-8.011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}