- (a) In this section, "Texas trade association" means a cooperative and voluntarily joined association of business or professional competitors in this state designed to assist its members and its industry or profession in dealing with mutual business or professional problems and in promoting their common interest.
(b) A person may not be a Savings and Loan Department employee employed in a "bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity," as that phrase is used for purposes of establishing an exemption to the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), and its subsequent amendments, if:
- (1) the person is an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in a field regulated by the Savings and Loan Department; or
- (2) the person's spouse is an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in a field regulated by the Savings and Loan Department.
- (c) A person may not act as the general counsel to the Savings and Loan Department if the person is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, because of the person's activities for compensation on behalf of a profession related to the operation of the Savings and Loan Department.
- (d) Before the 11th day after the date on which an employee begins employment with the Savings and Loan Department, the employee shall read the conflict-of-interest statutes applicable to employees of the Savings and Loan Department and sign a notarized affidavit stating that the employee has read those statutes.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 337, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.