Bill Text: TX HB540 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to require a labor peace agreement as a condition of engaging in a commercial transaction with the municipality or county.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-01 - Referred to Urban Affairs [HB540 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB540-Introduced.html
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| By: Patterson | H.B. No. 540 | |
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| relating to the authority of a municipality or county to require a | ||
| labor peace agreement as a condition of engaging in a commercial | ||
| transaction with the municipality or county. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 271, Local Government | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 271.909 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 271.909. PROHIBITION ON LABOR PEACE AGREEMENTS. (a) | ||
| In this section, "labor peace agreement" means any agreement | ||
| between a person and the employees of the person or an entity that | ||
| represents or seeks to represent those employees that limits or | ||
| otherwise interferes with the rights of the person under federal | ||
| labor law. | ||
| (b) A municipality or county may not adopt or enforce an | ||
| ordinance, order, or other measure that requires a person to enter | ||
| into a labor peace agreement or to waive or limit any right of the | ||
| person under federal labor law as a condition of: | ||
| (1) being considered for or awarded a contract; or | ||
| (2) otherwise engaging in a commercial transaction | ||
| with the municipality or county. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a contract entered into or renewed on or after the effective date | ||
| of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
