EAO 023

Only the highest ranking employee of a state regulatory agency would be an “executive head” of the agency for purposes of section 7A(a) of article 6252-9b, V.T.C.S. A former employee whose resignation was effective on January 31, 1992, is subject to section 7A(b) of article 6252-9b, even if the former employee took vacation time on all working days in January. A former state employee covered by section 7A(b) may not give his new employer advice in regard to a matter in which the former state employee participated during his tenure with the state agency.