Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 147.0031 · Chapter 147. LOCAL CONTROL OF FIREFIGHTER AND POLICE OFFICER EMPLOYMENT MATTERS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES WITH POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE
PETITION FOR RECOGNITION: ELECTION OR ACTION BY GOVERNING BODY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Not later than the 30th day after the date the governing body of a municipality receives from the meet and confer team a petition signed by a majority of all police officers and a majority of all firefighters, excluding the head of the police department, the head of the fire department, and other excluded employees as described by Section 147.0035(b), that requests recognition of the meet and confer team as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for all the police officers and firefighters employed by the municipality, excluding the head of the police department, the head of the fire department, and other excluded employees as described by Section 147.0035(b), the governing body shall:
(1) grant recognition of the meet and confer team as requested in the petition and determine by majority vote that the municipality may meet and confer under this chapter without conducting an election by the voters in the municipality under Section 147.0033;
(2) defer granting recognition of the meet and confer team and order an election by the voters in the municipality under Section 147.0033 regarding whether the municipality may meet and confer under this chapter; or
(3) order a certification election under Section 147.0032 to determine whether the employee groups in the meet and confer team represent a majority of the covered police officers and a majority of the covered firefighters.
(b) If the governing body of a municipality orders a certification election under Subsection (a)(3) and the employee groups that are part of the meet and confer team are certified to represent a majority of the covered police officers and a majority of the covered firefighters, the governing body shall, not later than the 30th day after the date that results of that election are certified:
(1) grant recognition of the meet and confer team as requested in the petition for recognition and determine by majority vote that the municipality may meet and confer under this chapter without conducting an election by the voters in the municipality under Section 147.0033; or
(2) defer granting recognition of the meet and confer team and order an election by the voters in the municipality under Section 147.0033 regarding whether a public employer may meet and confer under this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 835 (H.B. 866), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.147.htm
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- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 147.0032CERTIFICATION ELECTION.Printed as Section 147.0031(a)(3)
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 147.0033ELECTION TO AUTHORIZE OPERATING UNDER THIS CHAPTER.Printed as Section 147.0031
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 147.0035RECOGNITION OF MEET AND CONFER TEAM.Printed as Section 147.0031 or 147.0033
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 147.004GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO AGREEMENTS, RECOGNITION, AND STRIKES.Printed as Section 147.0031 or 147.0033
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 147.009ACTION OR ELECTION TO REPEAL AUTHORIZATION TO OPERATE UNDER THIS CHAPTER.Printed as Section 147.0031
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