82R20962 KSD-D
 
  By: Anderson of McLennan H.B. No. 471
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 471:
 
  By:  Sheets C.S.H.B. No. 471
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to election through secret ballot of a labor union as the
  exclusive bargaining representative.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 101, Labor Code, is
  amended by adding Section 101.1035 to read as follows:
         Sec. 101.1035.  EXCLUSIVE BARGAINING REPRESENTATIVE; METHOD
  OF ELECTION. (a) In this section, "exclusive bargaining
  representative" means a labor union selected as the representative
  of the employees in an appropriate collective bargaining unit to
  represent the employees in their employment relations with
  employers.
         (b)  An exclusive bargaining representative must be elected
  by secret ballot and by majority vote of the employees present and
  participating.
         SECTION 2.  This Act does not affect a collective bargaining
  agreement under Chapter 174, Local Government Code, that was
  entered into before the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.