Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 242.004 · Subchapter A. GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
EMPLOYEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Within the limits specified by legislative appropriation, the department may employ and compensate personnel necessary to carry out the department's duties.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, an employee of the department is employed on an at-will basis.
(c) The department shall establish procedures and practices governing:
(1) employment-related grievances submitted by department employees; and
(2) grievances challenging disciplinary termination of employment.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 61 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.007, eff. September 1, 2011.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1098 (H.B. 4263), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.242.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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