Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 174.153 · Subchapter E. MEDIATION; IMPASSE RESOLUTION
REQUEST FOR ARBITRATION; AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Sections 174.1535 and 174.165 and Subchapter E-1, a public employer or an association that is a bargaining agent may request the appointment of an arbitration board if:
(1) the parties:
(A) reach an impasse in collective bargaining; or
(B) are unable to settle after the appropriate lawmaking body fails to approve a contract reached through collective bargaining;
(2) the parties made every reasonable effort, including mediation, to settle the dispute through good-faith collective bargaining; and
(3) the public employer or association gives written notice to the other party, specifying the issue in dispute.
(b) A request for arbitration must be made not later than the fifth day after:
(1) the date an impasse was reached under Section 174.152; or
(2) the expiration of an extension period under Section 174.152.
(c) An election by both parties to arbitrate must:
(1) be made not later than the fifth day after the date arbitration is requested; and
(2) be a written agreement to arbitrate.
(d) A party may not request arbitration more than once in a fiscal year.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 342 (S.B. 736), Sec. 1, eff. June 2, 2023.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 901 (S.B. 777), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2025.
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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Local Government Code
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 174.152IMPASSE.Printed as Section 174.152
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 174.1535MANDATORY ARBITRATION.Printed as Sections 174.1535 and 174.165
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 174.165OTHER IMPASSE RESOLUTION FOR FIRE FIGHTERS UNDER MUNICIPAL CHARTER OR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.Printed as Sections 174.1535 and 174.165
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