HB1924 - Relating to employment restrictions for certain former county or municipal officers and employees.

  89R817 CJD-D     By: Bryant H.B. No. 1924       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to employment restrictions for certain former county or   municipal officers and employees.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 171, Local Government Code, is amended   by adding Section 171.008 to read as follows:           Sec.   171.008.     EMPLOYMENT FOR CERTAIN FORMER COUNTY OR   MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES RESTRICTED. (a) Except as   provided by Subsection (b), a former county or municipal officer or   employee who during the period of county or municipal service or   employment participated on behalf of the county or municipality in   a contract negotiation or procurement involving a person may not   accept employment from that person before the second anniversary of   the date the contract is signed or the procurement is terminated or   withdrawn.           (b)     The governing body of a county or municipality may, on   an individual basis, waive the applicability of the prohibition   under Subsection (a) for a former county or municipal officer or   employee who submits to the governing body an application for a   waiver from the prohibition in the form and manner the governing   body requires.          SECTION 2.  Section 171.008, Local Government Code, as added   by this Act, applies only to a county or municipal officer or   employee whose service or employment with a county or municipality   ceases on or after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.