Sec. 1901.103.  MEMBERSHIP AND EMPLOYEE RESTRICTIONS.  (a)  An officer, employee, or paid consultant of a trade association in the well drilling industry may not be a council member or an employee of the department connected with the administration of this chapter.
(b)  A council member or an employee of the department connected with the administration of this chapter may not be related within the second degree by affinity or consanguinity to a person who is an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a trade association in the well drilling industry.
(c)  A person may not serve as a member of the council if the person is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, because of the person's activities on behalf of a trade or professional association in the well drilling industry.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2003.