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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a certification election to recognize a police officers |
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association as the bargaining agent for certain police officers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 142.054, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) Notwithstanding a procedure agreed to by the parties |
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under this section, a police officers association may not be |
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recognized as the association to represent a majority of the |
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covered police officers unless a majority of covered officers |
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voting at the election vote in favor of the recognition. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a certification election ordered under Section 142.053(a)(3), |
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Local Government Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |