Bill Text: TX HB83 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to remedies for discrimination by a public employer against a public employee in connection with a claim for workers' compensation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-21 - Filed [HB83 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB83-Introduced.html
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By: Garza | H.B. No. 83 |
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relating to remedies for discrimination by a public employer | ||
against a public employee in connection with a claim for workers' | ||
compensation. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 451, Labor Code, is amended by adding | ||
Section 451.004 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 451.004. WAIVER OF IMMUNITY FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYERS. A | ||
public employee who alleges a violation of Section 451.001 may sue | ||
the public employer for the relief provided by this chapter. | ||
Sovereign or governmental immunity is waived and abolished to the | ||
extent of liability for the relief allowed under this chapter for a | ||
violation of Section 451.001. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a | ||
cause of action filed or pending on or after the effective date of | ||
this Act, regardless of whether the cause of action accrued before, | ||
on, or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
legislative session. |