{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-302.033","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 302.033","heading":"LEGISLATIVE BRIBERY: ACCEPTING BENEFITS.","body":"A member of or candidate for the house of representatives commits an offense if, on the representation or understanding that the member or candidate will cast a vote for a particular person for speaker of the house of representatives, the member or candidate solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept:\n(1) the appointment of or refusal to appoint a person to a chairmanship or vice-chairmanship of a house committee or subcommittee;\n(2) the appointment of or refusal 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(3) preferential or unfavorable treatment on any legislation or appropriation;\n(4) the employment of, refusal of employment of, or removal from employment of a person; or\n(5) economic benefit to or 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#302.033","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"05cbb7fe9d10b24c20325bc8b6dcdf3462c3a853762c26b6c8b075254815f9f5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-302.032","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-302.034"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}