Texas Transportation Code

§ 472.034 — STANDARDS OF CONDUCT; ETHICS POLICY

TN § 472.034Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part Z. MISCELLANEOUS ROADWAY PROVISIONS · Ch. 472. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS · Art. D. METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS

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(a)A policy board member or employee of a metropolitan planning organization may not:

(1)accept or solicit any gift, favor, or service that might reasonably tend to influence the member or employee in the discharge of official duties or that the member or employee knows or should know is being offered with the intent to influence the member's or employee's official conduct;

(2)accept other employment or engage in a business or professional activity that the member or employee might reasonably expect would require or induce the member or employee to disclose confidential information acquired by reason of the official position;

(3)accept other employment or compensation that could reasonably be expected to impair the member's or employee's independence of judgment in the performance of the member's or employee's official duties;

(4)make personal investments that could reasonably be expected to create a substantial conflict between the member's or employee's private interest and the public interest; or

(5)intentionally or knowingly solicit, accept, or agree to accept any benefit for having exercised the member's or employee's official powers or performed the member's or employee's official duties in favor of another.

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Legislative history

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 482 (S.B. 585), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.