Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 143.360 · Subchapter J. LOCAL CONTROL OF POLICE OFFICER EMPLOYMENT MATTERS IN MUNICIPALITIES WITH POPULATION OF 1.5 MILLION OR MORE
ELECTION TO RATIFY AGREEMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The bargaining agent shall call an election to ratify any agreement reached with the public employer.
(b) All police officers of the municipality, other than the department head and assistant department heads, are eligible to vote in the election.
(c) The bargaining agent shall establish procedures for the election.
(d) A majority of all votes cast is required to ratify an agreement.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1195, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1464, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.143.htm
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