Occupations Code § 51.061

Sec. 51.061. PROHIBITED CONDUCT. (a) A commission member may not: (1) accept any employment or remuneration from: (A) a person that has a significant financial interest in the lottery; or (B) a bingo commercial lessor, bingo distributor, or bingo manufacturer; (2) play any lottery or bingo game conducted in this state; (3) accept or be entitled to accept any part of the winnings to be paid from a lottery or bingo game conducted in this state; (4) use the member's official authority to affect the result of an election or nomination for public office; or (5) directly or indirectly coerce, attempt to coerce, command, or advise a person to pay, lend, or contribute anything of value to another person for political purposes. (b) A commission member or former commission member or the spouse of a commission member or former commission member may not solicit or accept employment from a person regulated by the commission before the second anniversary of the date on which the commission member's service on the commission ends. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 284, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 6.49, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1441, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Transferred, redesignated and amended from Government Code, Section 467.025 by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1160 (S.B. 3070), Sec. 51, eff. June 20, 2025.