{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-302.032","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 302.032","heading":"LEGISLATIVE BRIBERY: PROMISES OR THREATS.","body":"A person commits an offense if, with the intent to influence a member of or candidate for the house of representatives in casting a vote for speaker of the house of representatives, the person:\n(1) promises or agrees to cause:\n(A) the appointment of a person to a chairmanship or vice-chairmanship of a house committee or subcommittee;\n(B) the appointment of a person to a particular house committee or subcommittee, the Legislative Budget Board, the Texas Legislative Council, the Legislative Library Board, the Legislative Audit Committee, or any other position the speaker appoints;\n(C) preferential treatment on any legislation or appropriation;\n(D) the employment of a person; or\n(E) economic benefit to a person; or\n(2) threatens to cause:\n(A) the failure to appoint a person to a chairmanship or vice-chairmanship of a house committee or subcommittee;\n(B) the failure to appoint a person to a particular house committee or subcommittee, the Legislative Budget Board, the Texas Legislative Council, the Legislative Library Board, the Legislative Audit Committee, or any other position the speaker appoints;\n(C) unfavorable treatment on any legislation or appropriation;\n(D) the refusal of or removal from employment of a person; or\n(E) the withholding of economic benefit from a person.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 3. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE A. LEGISLATURE","CHAPTER 302. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES","SUBCHAPTER C. LEGISLATIVE BRIBERY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.302.htm#302.032","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"d4547e16c9d1e2945507b07b4f3d1f9afaaed0b50e8d956f4808f87d8cd76010","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-302.031","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-302.033"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}