88R13382 RDS-D
By: Bryant H.B. No. 4681
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the requirement that a public employer give notice to
employees of the right to join certain labor organizations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 617, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 617.006 to read as follows:
Sec. 617.006. NOTICE OF RIGHT TO JOIN LABOR ORGANIZATION.
(a) In this section, "public employer" means:
(1) a county, municipality, or other political
subdivision of this state, including a school district;
(2) a board, commission, office, department, or other
agency in the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of state
government; or
(3) an institution of higher education, as defined by
Section 61.003, Education Code.
(b) Not later than the 30th day after the date an employee
begins employment with a public employer, the public employer
shall provide notice to the employee of the employee's right to join
a labor organization that has informed the public employer it is
representing public employees in the employer's workplace. The
notice must include:
(1) a link to the Internet website maintained by each
labor organization that has informed the public employer it is
representing public employees in the workplace and that maintains
an Internet website;
(2) if the Internet website maintained by a labor
organization under Subdivision (1) includes information on how to
join the labor organization, a link to that information; and
(3) a link to state laws relating to an individual's
right to join a labor organization, including, as applicable:
(A) Sections 617.004 and 617.005 of this code;
(B) Section 21.408, Education Code;
(C) Section 101.001, Labor Code; and
(D) Section 101.052, Labor Code.
(c) A public employer shall provide the notice under this
section by e-mail or any other form of electronic communication
that is commonly used by the public employer to communicate with
employees.
SECTION 2. (a) In this section, "public employer" has the
meaning assigned by Section 617.006, Government Code, as added by
this Act.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section,
Section 617.006, Government Code, as added by this Act, applies to
an employee who begins employment with a public employer on or after
the effective date of this Act.
(c) A public employer shall provide the written notice as
required by Section 617.006, Government Code, as added by this Act,
to each employee employed by the public employer on the effective
date of this Act not later than September 30, 2023.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.