Instructions For Form 1295 - Certificate Of Interested Parties printable pdf download

CERTIFICATE OF INTERESTED PARTIES

(Form 1295)

The Texas Government Code §2252.908, and the rules issued by the Texas Ethics

Commission found in Title 1, Sections 46.1, 46.3 and 46.5 of the Texas Administrative

Code, require a business entity to submit a completed Form 1295 to Brooks before

Brooks may enter into a contract with that business entity.

Form 1295 must be completed online. It is available from the Texas Ethics Commission

by accessing the following web address: https://

info form1295.htm.

Print your completed Form 1295 and the certification of filing. Sign Form 1295

in front of a notary and submit it, along with the certification of filing, with your

Bid

response to this solicitation. In Box 3 of Form 1295, provide the

number

bid

CSP 04272017-004

shown on the cover page of this

(e.g.

The following definitions found in the statute and Texas Ethics Commission rules may

be helpful in completing Form 1295.

"Business entity" includes an entity through which business is conducted with a

governmental entity or state agency, regardless of whether the entity is a for-profit or

nonprofit entity. The term does not include a governmental entity or state agency.

"Controlling interest" means: (1) an ownership interest or participating interest

in a business entity by virtue of units, percentage, shares, stock, or otherwise

that exceeds 10 percent; (2) membership on the board of directors or other

governing body of a business entity of which the board or other governing body

is composed of not more than 10 members; or (3) service as an officer of a

business entity that has four or fewer officers, or service as one of the four

officers most highly compensated by a business entity that has more than four

officers. Subsection (3) of this section does not apply to an officer of a publicly

held business entity or its wholly owned subsidiaries.

"Interested party" means: (1) a person who has a controlling interest in a business

entity with whom a governmental entity or state agency contracts; or (2) an

intermediary.

"Intermediary," for purposes of this rule, means a person who actively participates in

the facilitation of the contract or negotiating the contract, including a broker, adviser,

attorney, or representative of or agent for the business entity who:

receives

compensation

from

the

business

entity

for

the

person's

(1)

participation;

communicates directly with the governmental entity or state agency on behalf

(2)

of the business entity regarding the contract; and

is not an employee of the business entity or of an entity with a controlling

(3)

interest in the business entity.

Instructions For Form 1295 - Certificate Of Interested Parties

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