Tex. Gov't Code § 437.410 · Subchapter I. ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT
CIVIL ACTION BY COMMISSION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission may bring a civil action against a respondent if:
(1) the commission determines that there is reasonable cause to believe that the respondent engaged in an unlawful employment practice under Section 437.204; and
(2) the commission's efforts to resolve the discriminatory practice to the satisfaction of the complainant and respondent through informal methods have been unsuccessful.
(b) The complainant may intervene in a civil action brought by the commission.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1281 (H.B. 1178), Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 2011.
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Government Code, Subchapter K, Chapter 431 by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1217 (S.B. 1536), Sec. 1.03, eff. September 1, 2013.
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