Bill Text: TX SB1911 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the right of a public employee to representation in certain internal investigatory interviews.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2013-04-29 - Left pending in committee [SB1911 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1911-Introduced.html
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By: Garcia | S.B. No. 1911 |
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relating to the right of a public employee to representation in | ||
certain internal investigatory interviews. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 617, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 617.0045 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 617.0045. RIGHT TO CERTAIN REPRESENTATION. A public | ||
employee, on request, has the right to be represented by a labor | ||
organization in a disciplinary proceeding initiated against the | ||
employee by the public employer of the employee, including an | ||
investigatory interview conducted by the employer that the employee | ||
reasonably believes may result in disciplinary action. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |