{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-12.153","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 12.153","heading":"RELATIONSHIP WITH TRADE ASSOCIATION.","body":"A person may not serve as a commissioner or be a commission employee who is employed in a \"bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity,\" as that phrase is used for purposes of establishing an exemption to the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), if the person is:\n(1) an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a trade association; or\n(2) the spouse of an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a trade association.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 797 (S.B. 408), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT","SUBTITLE A. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL UTILITIES","CHAPTER 12. ORGANIZATION OF COMMISSION","SUBCHAPTER D. PROHIBITED RELATIONSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.12.htm#12.153","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"b7eda10870c53df1267c06f703fe64f80a1774d9ce8c24d87e4dd14221270317","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-12.152","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-12.154"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}