Tex. Lab. Code § 301.153 · Subchapter I. CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION
GOVERNANCE; AUTHORITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission shall establish policies for the division and the executive director shall supervise the director in administering the activities of the division.
(b) The commission is the state authority established as a fair employment practice agency and is authorized, with respect to an unlawful employment practice, to:
(1) grant relief from the practice;
(2) seek relief from the practice; or
(3) institute criminal proceedings.
(c) The commission shall administer Chapter 21 of this code and Chapter 301, Property Code, including the powers and duties formerly exercised by the former Commission on Human Rights under those laws.
(d) A reference in Chapter 21 of this code, Chapter 301, Property Code, or any other law to the former Commission on Human Rights means the commission.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 302, Sec. 2.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1138 (S.B. 208), Sec. 20, eff. September 1, 2015.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.301.htm
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- 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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