Tex. Lab. Code § 52.041 · Subchapter E. RESTRICTIONS ON COERCION OF EMPLOYEE TRADE
COERCION OF EMPLOYEE TRADE; PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person, firm, or corporation commits an offense if the person, firm, or corporation requires or attempts to require by coercion an employee to:
(1) deal with a person, association, corporation, or company; or
(2) purchase an article of food, clothing, or other merchandise at a place or store.
(b) A person, firm, or corporation commits an offense if the person, firm, or corporation excludes from work, punishes, or blacklists an employee for failure to:
(1) deal with the person, firm, or corporation; or
(2) purchase an article of food, clothing, or other merchandise at a place or store.
(c) An offense under this section is punishable by a fine of not less than $50 or more than $200.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.52.htm
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- sha256 ce52c6bea3f4b1f6e2b7833cfb53cd7a724d3e580b28eb3bc78113533ac84feb
- 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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