Sec. 301.021. DONATIONS

(a) The commission may accept a donation of services, money, or property that the commission determines furthers the lawful objectives of the commission. The donation must be accepted in an open meeting by a majority of the voting members of the commission and must be reported in the public records of the commission with the name of the donor and the purpose of the donation.

(b) The commission may not accept a donation from a person who is a party to an administrative proceeding pending before the commission until the 30th day after the date the commission's final order is issued. The commission may not accept a donation from a person who is a party to a suit in which the commission is also a party.

(c) The commission may not accept a donation from a for-profit entity that has a contract with the commission or has submitted a bid in response to a pending request for proposal issued by the commission for services or products having a value of not less than $50,000. This subsection does not apply to a contract or bid that relates only to providing child-care services.

(d) A for-profit entity may not enter into a contract with the commission or submit a bid in response to a request for proposal issued by the commission before the first anniversary of the date of making a donation to the commission unless the contract or bid relates only to providing child-care services.

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Renumbered from Labor Code Sec. 202.021 by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 655, Sec. 11.02(b), eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 361, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.