Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 160.005 · Chapter 160. GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES
STANDARDIZED GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioners court of the county shall enact orders to provide for:
(1) filing of written grievances;
(2) written responses to the grievance allegations;
(3) procedures for appeal to an appointed county grievance resolutions committee;
(4) further appeal to the commissioners court;
(5) presentation of grievances by an employee's requested representative;
(6) reasonable leave with pay for the presentation of grievances; and
(7) other necessary procedures to permit effective implementation of this chapter.
(b) The orders and procedures shall apply equally to all employees of the county, including employees of independent elected officials, and shall provide for reasonable timetables for filing and responding to grievances.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 39(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.160.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 f86ffbfdc6a94f00cc84470268408f18f9dda5e6a0447565fde4fd4de27278c5
- 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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