86R13839 TJB-D
By: Patterson H.B. No. 3439
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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 that limits or
otherwise interferes with the rights of the person under federal
labor law.
(b) A municipality and a county may not adopt or enforce an
ordinance, order, or other measure that requires a person to enter
into a labor peace agreement with the employees of the person 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, 2019.