Sec. 487.704. RESTRICTIONS ON BOARD APPOINTMENT, MEMBERSHIP, AND EMPLOYMENT. (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 member of the board of directors of the Texas Rural Foundation and may not be a foundation 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.), as amended, if:

(1) the person is an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association that is in the field of health care or that contracts with the foundation; or

(2) the person's spouse is an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association that is in the field of health care or that contracts with the foundation.

(c) A person may not be a member of the board of directors of the Texas Rural Foundation or act as the general counsel to the board of directors or the foundation 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 foundation.

Transferred from Health and Safety Code, Chapter 110 and amended by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 542 (S.B. 1128), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.