Texas Labor Code

§ 21.251 — CIVIL ACTION BY COMMISSION

LA § 21.251Title 2. PROTECTION OF LABORERS · Part A. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION · Ch. 21. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION · Art. F. JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT

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(a)The commission may bring a civil action against a respondent if:

(1)the commission determines that there is reasonable cause to believe that the respondent engaged in an unlawful employment practice;

(2)the commission's efforts to resolve the discriminatory practice to the satisfaction of the complainant and respondent through conciliation have been unsuccessful; and

(3)a majority of the commissioners determines that the civil action may achieve the purposes of this chapter.

(b)The complainant may intervene in a civil action brought by the commission.

Legislative history

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.