Tex. Lab. Code § 21.123 · Subchapter C. APPLICATION; EXCEPTIONS
SCOPE OF DEFENSE.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A demonstration that an employment practice is consistent with business necessity may not be used as a defense under this chapter against a complaint of intentional discrimination.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 9.05(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.21.htm
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- sha256 465af8991fd97e5d6e9ceb38fa4b18319d3e36a562d4311e62c55811cc60ee27
- 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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