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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to election through secret ballot of a labor union as the |
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exclusive bargaining representative. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 101, Labor Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 101.1035 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 101.1035. EXCLUSIVE BARGAINING REPRESENTATIVE; METHOD |
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OF ELECTION. (a) In this section, "exclusive bargaining |
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representative" means a labor union selected as the representative |
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of the employees in an appropriate collective bargaining unit to |
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represent the employees in their employment relations with |
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employers. |
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(b) An exclusive bargaining representative must be elected |
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by secret ballot and by majority vote of the employees present and |
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participating, except as provided by Subsection (c). |
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(c) An appropriate collective bargaining unit may take a |
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vote of the entire unit for an exclusive bargaining representative |
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by mailed ballots. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |