Tex. Gov't Code Section 467.106
Gift or Political Contribution to Officer or Employee


(a)

A commission member, the executive director, or an employee of the commission may not intentionally or knowingly accept a gift or political contribution from:

(1)

a person that has a significant financial interest in the lottery;

(2)

a person related in the first degree of consanguinity or affinity to a person that has a significant financial interest in the lottery;

(3)

a person that owns more than a 10 percent interest in an entity that has a significant financial interest in the lottery;

(4)

a political committee that is directly established, administered, or controlled, in whole or in part, by a person that has a significant financial interest in the lottery; or

(5)

a person who, within the two years preceding the date of the gift or contribution, won a lottery prize exceeding $600 in amount or value.

(b)

A person may not make a gift or political contribution to a person known by the actor to be a commission member, the executive director, or an employee of the commission, if the actor:

(1)

has a significant financial interest in the lottery;

(2)

is related in the first degree of consanguinity or affinity to a person that has a significant financial interest in the lottery;

(3)

owns more than a 10 percent interest in an entity that has a significant financial interest in the lottery;

(4)

is a political committee that is directly established, administered, or controlled, in whole or in part, by a person that has a significant financial interest in the lottery; or

(5)

within the two years preceding the date of the gift or contribution, won a lottery prize exceeding $600 in amount or value.

(c)

A person commits an offense if the person violates this section. An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1441, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Source: Section 467.106 — Gift or Political Contribution to Officer or Employee, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.­467.­htm#467.­106 (accessed Mar. 23, 2024).

Accessed:
Mar. 23, 2024

§ 467.106’s source at texas​.gov