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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the election of remedies for an unlawful employment |
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practice. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.211, Labor Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 21.211. ELECTION OF REMEDIES. (a) A person who has |
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initiated an action in a court of competent jurisdiction or who has |
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an action pending before an administrative agency under other law |
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or an order or ordinance of a political subdivision of this state |
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based on an act that would be an unlawful employment practice under |
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this chapter may not file a complaint under this subchapter for the |
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same grievance. |
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(b) This subchapter does not limit or restrict a person's |
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right to bring an action in a court to recover against an employer |
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who engages in tortious conduct that would also constitute an |
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unlawful employment practice under this chapter. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date |
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of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before that |
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date, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |