Texas Local Government Code
§ 174.165 — OTHER IMPASSE RESOLUTION FOR FIRE FIGHTERS UNDER MUNICIPAL CHARTER OR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
LG § 174.165Title 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
Statute text
View on source(a)Except as provided by Subsection (b), this section applies only to:
(1)except as provided by Subdivision (2), if a municipality has a charter that provides for the resolution of an impasse in a collective bargaining process governed by this chapter involving a public employer of the municipality and an association that is a bargaining agent for employees of the public employer, that public employer and bargaining agent; or
(2)if a collective bargaining agreement under this chapter is in effect and provides for the resolution of an impasse in a collective bargaining process governed by this chapter involving a public employer of a political subdivision and an association that is the bargaining agent for the fire fighters of the public employer, that public employer and bargaining agent.
(b)This section does not apply to a municipality or association to which Subchapter E-1 applies.
(c)A public employer and an association that is a bargaining agent for fire fighters shall submit to the impasse resolution mechanism contained in the charter or agreement described by Subsection (a), as applicable, if the parties:
(1)reach an impasse in collective bargaining; or
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 901 (S.B. 777), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2025.