Soliciting compensation or offering compensation to hasten an employee's retirement or resignation.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 14-17
in effectSec. 14-17. - Soliciting compensation or offering compensation to hasten an employee's retirement or resignation.
(a) A city employee commits an offense if the city employee pays or offers to pay anything of value to another city employee with the intent to hasten the retirement or resignation of the other city employee in order to gain a promotion in rank, classification or salary or an opportunity therefor.
(b) A city employee commits an offense if the city employee solicits or accepts anything of value from another city employee upon the representation that such payment will hasten the retirement or resignation of the city employee making the solicitation or accepting the payment in order to gain a promotion in rank, classification or salary for the city employee solicited or making the payment or an opportunity therefor.
(c) The term city employee as used in this section includes any person employed by the city at the time of the offense whether holding a position that is classified under the Municipal Civil Service System created pursuant to Article Va of the City Charter, a position that is classified under the Firemen's and Policemen's Civil Service System created pursuant to Chapter 143 of the Texas Local Government Code or a position that is not classified.
(d) Any person who violates this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of exactly $500.00.
(Ord. No. 2015-1300, § 2(Exh. A), 12-16-2015)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH14CISE_ARTIINGE_S14-17SOCOOFCOHAEMREREFetched: 10/26/2026