Texas Labor Code
§ 21.003 — GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION
LA § 21.003Title 2. PROTECTION OF LABORERS · Part A. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION · Ch. 21. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)The commission may:
(1)promote the creation of local commissions on human rights by cooperating or contracting with individuals or state, local, or other agencies, public or private, including agencies of the federal government and of other states;
(2)receive, investigate, seek to conciliate, and pass on complaints alleging violations of this chapter;
(3)file civil actions to effectuate the purposes of this chapter;
(4)request and, if necessary, compel by subpoena:
(A)the attendance of necessary witnesses for examination under oath; and
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Legislative history
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1312 (S.B. 59), Sec. 77, eff. September 1, 2013.