Texas Labor Code

§ 21.255 — COMMISSION'S INTERVENTION IN CIVIL ACTION BY COMPLAINANT

LA § 21.255Title 2. PROTECTION OF LABORERS · Part A. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION · Ch. 21. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION · Art. F. JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT

After receipt of a timely application, a court may permit the commission to intervene in a civil action filed under Section 21.254 if:

(1)the commission certifies that the case is of general public importance; and

(2)before commencement of the action the commission issued a determination of reasonable cause to believe that this chapter was violated.

Legislative history

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