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| 1 | 1 | 87R2426 SMT-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Patterson H.B. No. 540 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the authority of a municipality or county to require a | |
| 8 | 8 | labor peace agreement as a condition of engaging in a commercial | |
| 9 | 9 | transaction with the municipality or county. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 271, Local Government | |
| 12 | 12 | Code, is amended by adding Section 271.909 to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 271.909. PROHIBITION ON LABOR PEACE AGREEMENTS. (a) | |
| 14 | 14 | In this section, "labor peace agreement" means any agreement | |
| 15 | 15 | between a person and the employees of the person or an entity that | |
| 16 | 16 | represents or seeks to represent those employees that limits or | |
| 17 | 17 | otherwise interferes with the rights of the person under federal | |
| 18 | 18 | labor law. | |
| 19 | 19 | (b) A municipality or county may not adopt or enforce an | |
| 20 | 20 | ordinance, order, or other measure that requires a person to enter | |
| 21 | 21 | into a labor peace agreement or to waive or limit any right of the | |
| 22 | 22 | person under federal labor law as a condition of: | |
| 23 | 23 | (1) being considered for or awarded a contract; or | |
| 24 | 24 | (2) otherwise engaging in a commercial transaction | |
| 25 | 25 | with the municipality or county. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 27 | 27 | to a contract entered into or renewed on or after the effective date | |
| 28 | 28 | of this Act. | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |