Texas Local Government Code

§ 174.1535 — MANDATORY ARBITRATION

LG § 174.1535Title 5. MATTERS AFFECTING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES · Part C. MATTERS AFFECTING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT · Ch. 174. FIRE AND POLICE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS · Art. E. MEDIATION; IMPASSE RESOLUTION

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(a)This section applies only to:

(1)a fire department that serves a municipality with a population of 1.9 million or more; and

(2)an association that is a bargaining agent for the employees of a fire department described by Subdivision (1).

(b)A public employer and an association that is a bargaining agent shall submit to binding interest arbitration if the parties:

(1)reach an impasse in collective bargaining; or

(2)are unable to settle after the 61st day after the date the appropriate lawmaking body fails to approve a contract reached through collective bargaining.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 342 (S.B. 736), Sec. 2, eff. June 2, 2023.