82R20962 KSD-D
By: Anderson of McLennan H.B. No. 471
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 471:
By: Sheets C.S.H.B. No. 471
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to election through secret ballot of a labor union as the
exclusive bargaining representative.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 101, Labor Code, is
amended by adding Section 101.1035 to read as follows:
Sec. 101.1035. EXCLUSIVE BARGAINING REPRESENTATIVE; METHOD
OF ELECTION. (a) In this section, "exclusive bargaining
representative" means a labor union selected as the representative
of the employees in an appropriate collective bargaining unit to
represent the employees in their employment relations with
employers.
(b) An exclusive bargaining representative must be elected
by secret ballot and by majority vote of the employees present and
participating.
SECTION 2. This Act does not affect a collective bargaining
agreement under Chapter 174, Local Government Code, that was
entered into before the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.