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Tex. Elec. Code § 161.007

UNLAWFULLY PROHIBITING EMPLOYEE FROM ATTENDING POLITICAL CONVENTION

Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Winters v. Houston Chronicle Publishing Co. (1990)

Most recently applied in SAFESHRED, INC. v. Martinez (April 2010)

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff

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(a) A person commits an offense if, with respect to another over whom the person has authority in the scope of employment, the person knowingly:

(1) refuses to permit the other person to be absent from work for the purpose of attending a precinct convention in which the other person is eligible to participate or attending a county, district, or state convention to which the other person is a delegate; or

(2) subjects or threatens to subject the other person to a penalty for the purpose of preventing or retaliating for the other person's attendance at a precinct convention in which the other person is eligible to participate or for the other person's attendance at a county, district, or state convention to which the other person is a delegate.

(b) In this section, "penalty" means a loss or reduction of wages or other benefit of employment other than a deduction for the actual time of absence from work.

(c) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.