Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 142.061 · Subchapter B. LOCAL CONTROL OF POLICE OFFICER EMPLOYMENT MATTERS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES
PROTECTED RIGHTS OF POLICE OFFICER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) For any disciplinary appeal, a member of the municipality's bargaining unit may be represented by the police officers association or by any person the member selects.
(b) A meet and confer agreement ratified under this subchapter may not interfere with the right of a member of a bargaining unit to pursue allegations of discrimination based on race, creed, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, or disability with the Texas Workforce Commission civil rights division or the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or to pursue affirmative action litigation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1193 (H.B. 304), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.142.htm
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