Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 150.002 · Subchapter A. INVOLVEMENT OF FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS IN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES
POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) While in uniform or on active duty, an employee of the fire or police department of the municipality may not engage in a political activity relating to a campaign for an elective office.
(b) For the purposes of this section, a person engages in a political activity if the person:
(1) makes a public political speech supporting or opposing a candidate;
(2) distributes a card or other political literature relating to the campaign of a candidate;
(3) wears a campaign button;
(4) circulates or signs a petition for a candidate;
(5) solicits votes for a candidate; or
(6) solicits campaign contributions for a candidate.
(c) While out of uniform and not on active duty, an employee of the fire or police department may engage in a political activity relating to a campaign for an elective office, including each activity listed by Subsection (b), except that the person may not solicit campaign contributions for a candidate other than from members of an employee organization to which that person belongs.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 34(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
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.150.htm
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