4.154 President's Office; Political Aid & Legislative Influence Prohibited: Midwestern State University

4.154 President's Office
POLITICAL AID AND LEGISLATIVE INFLUENCE PROHIBITED
Date Adopted/Most Recent Revision: 8/7/98

General: None of the moneys appropriated by the State of Texas, regardless of their source or character, shall be used for influencing the outcome of any election, or the passage or defeat of any legislative measure. This prohibition shall not be construed to prevent any official or employee of the state from furnishing to any member of the Legislature or committee upon request, or to any other state official or employee or to any citizen information in the hands of the employee or official not considered under law to be confidential information. Any action taken against an employee or official for supplying such information shall subject the person initiating the action to immediate dismissal from state employment.
Candidates for Public Office: No funds under the control of any state agency or institution, including but not limited to state-appropriated funds, may be used directly or indirectly to hire employees or in any other way fund or support candidates for the legislative, executive, or judicial branches of government of the State of Texas or the government of the United States.
Lobbyists: None of the funds appropriated by the State shall be expended in payment of the salary for full-time employment of any state employee who is also the paid lobbyist of any individual, firm, association or corporation. None of the funds appropriated by the State shall be expended in payment of the partial salary of a part-time employee who is required to register as a lobbyist by virtue of the employee's activities for compensation by or on behalf of industry, a profession or association related to operation of the agency or institution for which the person is employed. A part-time employee may serve as a lobbyist on behalf of industry, a profession or association so long as such entity is not related to the agency with which he or she is employed.
Prohibited Membership Dues: Except as authorized by law, none of the funds appropriated by the State shall be expended in payment of membership dues to an organization on behalf of the agency or an employee of an agency if the organization pays all or part of the salary of a person required to register under Chapter 305, Government Code.
State-Owned Vehicles: No employee of any state agency shall use any state-owned automobile except on official business of the state, and such employees are expressly prohibited from using such automobile in connection with any political campaign or any personal or recreational activity.
Sanctions: None of the moneys appropriated by the State shall be paid to any official or employee who violates any of the provisions of this section.
Notification and Documentation The head of each agency of the state shall furnish each employee of such agency with a copy of the six (6) paragraphs immediately preceding this one, and shall take a receipt therefore from each employee. The preceding sentence shall not be construed to mean that new receipts are to be obtained each year from continuing employees who have previously receipted for copies of identical provisions prohibiting political aid and legislative influence. The receipts shall be kept accessible for public inspection.