Texas Local Government Code

§ 174.253 — JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ARBITRATION AWARD

LG § 174.253Title 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. G. JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT AND REVIEW

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(a)An award of an arbitration board may be reviewed by a district court for the judicial district in which the municipality is located only on the grounds that:

(1)the arbitration board was without jurisdiction;

(2)the arbitration board exceeded its jurisdiction;

(3)the order is not supported by competent, material, and substantial evidence on the whole record; or

(4)the order was obtained by fraud, collusion, or similar unlawful means.

(b)The pendency of a review proceeding does not automatically stay enforcement of the arbitration board's order.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.