78R2096 KSD-F
By: Janek S.B. No. 1648
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notice of a right to file a civil action under the Texas
Commission on Human Rights Act.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.002, Labor Code, is amended by adding
Subdivision (11-a) to read as follows:
(11-a) "Notice of the right to file a civil action"
means a notice issued by:
(A) the commission under Section 21.252 or
21.253; or
(B) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
under 42 U.S.C. Section 2000e-5(f)(1).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and
applies only to a complaint filed with the Commission on Human
Rights on or after that date.