Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 174.053 · Subchapter C. ADOPTION AND REPEAL OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROVISIONS
REPEAL ELECTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The governing body of a political subdivision in which the collective bargaining provisions of this chapter have been in effect for at least one year shall order an election for the repeal of the adoption of this chapter on receiving a petition signed by qualified voters of the political subdivision in a number equal to or greater than the lesser of:
(1) 20,000; or
(2) five percent of the number of qualified voters voting in the political subdivision in the preceding general election for state and county officers.
(b) The ballot in the election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "Repeal of the adoption of the state law applicable to (fire fighters, police officers, or both, as applicable) that establishes collective bargaining if a majority of the affected employees favor representation by an employees association, preserves the prohibition against strikes and lockouts, and provides penalties for strikes and lockouts."
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
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.174.htm
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- 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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