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Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 174.253

JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ARBITRATION AWARD

Known as the The Fire and Police Employee Relations Act

The act spans §§ 174.001 to 174.253 (54 sections).

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 4, eff

(a) An award of an arbitration board may be reviewed by a district court for the judicial district in which the municipality is located only on the grounds that:

(1) the arbitration board was without jurisdiction;

(2) the arbitration board exceeded its jurisdiction;

(3) the order is not supported by competent, material, and substantial evidence on the whole record; or

(4) the order was obtained by fraud, collusion, or similar unlawful means.

(b) The pendency of a review proceeding does not automatically stay enforcement of the arbitration board's order.

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