Sec. 7.112.  REPRESENTATION OF PUBLISHER OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS BY FORMER MEMBER OF BOARD.  (a)  A former member of the State Board of Education who is employed by or otherwise receives compensation from a publisher of instructional materials may not, before the second anniversary of the date on which the person last served as a member of the State Board of Education:
(1)  confer with a member of the board of trustees of a school district concerning instructional materials published by that publisher; or
(2)  appear at a meeting of the board of trustees on behalf of the publisher.
(b)  A person who violates Subsection (a) commits an offense.  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
(c)  In this section:
(1)  "Compensation" means money, a service, or another thing of value or financial benefit received in return for or in connection with a service provided.
(2)  "Instructional material" and "publisher" have the meanings assigned by Section 31.002.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Amended by: 
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 6, eff. July 19, 2011.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 7, eff. July 19, 2011.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 8, eff. July 19, 2011.