Texas Local Government Code Title 5, Chapter 142 - Assistance, Benefits, And Working Conditions Of Municipal Officers And Employees

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 142.001 - General Provisions Relating To Hours Of Labor And Vacation Of Members Of Fire And Police Departments In Municipalities
  (a) In Sections 142.0013, 142.0015, and 142.0017, "work cycle" means the period in a posted work schedule starting at the time the cycle begins and...
• Texas Section 142.0013 - Hours Of Labor And Vacation Of Members Of Fire And Police Departments In Certain Municipalities
  (a) A member of a fire or police department in a municipality with a population of more than 25,000 may not, except in an emergency,...
• Texas Section 142.0015 - Hours Of Labor And Vacation Of Members Of Fire And Police Departments In Municipality With Population Of More Than 10,000
  (a) This section applies only in a municipality with a population of more than 10,000. (b) A fire fighter or a member of a fire...
• Texas Section 142.0016 - Use Of Compensatory Time By Members Of Fire And Police Departments In Municipality With Population Of More Than 10,000
  (a) This section applies only in a municipality with a population of less than 1.5 million that is eligible to adopt civil service under Chapter...
• Texas Section 142.0017 - Hours Of Labor And Vacation Of Members Of Fire And Police Departments In Municipality With Population Of More Than 1
  Sec. 142.0017. HOURS OF LABOR AND VACATION OF MEMBERS OF FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN MUNICIPALITY WITH POPULATION OF MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION. (a) This...
• Texas Section 142.002 - Two Platoon Fire System And Hours Of Labor In Certain Municipalities
  (a) A municipality that maintains an organized, paid fire department shall establish and maintain a two platoon fire system if the municipality: (1) has a...
• Texas Section 142.003 - Hospital And Medical Assistance For Police Reserve Force
  (a) The governing body of a municipality may provide hospital and medical assistance to a member of the police reserve force who sustains injury in...
• Texas Section 142.004 - Payment Of Hospitalization Costs For Peace Officers And Fire Fighters
  (a) In this section, "peace officer" means a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure. (b) If a peace officer or...
• Texas Section 142.005 - Liability Insurance For Fire And Police Department Officers And Employees Driving Emergency Vehicles
  (a) A municipality may insure the officers and employees of its fire and police departments and other municipal employees who drive emergency vehicles against liability...
• Texas Section 142.006 - Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance For Peace Officers And Fire Fighters
  (a) This section does not apply to a municipality covered by Section 142.007. (b) A municipality shall provide for insuring each peace officer and fire...
• Texas Section 142.007 - Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance For Fire And Police Department Officers And Employees In Municipality Of 1,550,000 Or More
  (a) A municipality with a population of 1,550,000 or more shall insure the officers and employees of its fire and police departments against liability to...
• Texas Section 142.008 - Salary Continuation Payments; Subrogation
  (a) If a municipality pays benefits to a municipal employee under a salary continuation program when the employee is injured, the municipality is subrogated to...
• Texas Section 142.009 - Payment For Appearances Of Fire Fighters And Police Officers In Court Or Administrative Proceedings
  (a) A municipality shall pay a fire fighter or police officer for an appearance as a witness in a criminal suit, a civil suit, or...
• Texas Section 142.010 - Definitions
  (a) In this chapter, "member of the fire department" means an employee of the fire department who is defined as "fire protection personnel" by Section...
• Texas Section 142.011 - Educational Leave
  (a) On written application by a member of the police department, a municipality may grant the person a leave of absence to enable the person...
• Texas Section 142.012 - Overtime Compensation For Certain Police Department Officers And Civilian Employees
  (a) This section applies only to a municipality with a population of one million or more that has not adopted Chapter 143. (b) Subject to...
• Texas Section 142.013 - Business Leave Time Account For Police Officers In Certain Municipalities
  (a) This section applies only to police officers employed by a municipality with a population of one million or more that has not adopted Chapter...

SUBCHAPTER B LOCAL CONTROL OF POLICE OFFICER EMPLOYMENT MATTERS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES

• Texas Section 142.014 - Business Leave Time Account For Firefighters In Certain Municipalities
  (a) This section applies only to firefighters employed by a municipality with a population of one million or more that has not adopted Chapter 174...
• Texas Section 142.051 - Applicability
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), this subchapter applies only to: (1) a municipality, and a police officer in a municipality, with a population...
• Texas Section 142.052 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Police officer" means a person who is a peace officer under Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, or other law, and...
• Texas Section 142.053 - Petition For Recognition: Election Or Action By Governing Body
  (a) Not later than the 30th day after the date the governing body of a municipality receives from a police officers association a petition signed...
• Texas Section 142.054 - Certification Election
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a certification election ordered under Section 142.053(a)(3) to determine whether a police officers association represents a majority of...
• Texas Section 142.055 - Election To Authorize Operating Under This Subchapter
  (a) The governing body of a municipality that receives a petition for recognition under Section 142.053 may order an election to determine whether a public...
• Texas Section 142.056 - Change Or Modification Of Recognition
  (a) The police officers may modify or change the recognition of the association granted under this subchapter by filing with the governing body of the...
• Texas Section 142.057 - Strikes Prohibited
  (a) A police officer employed by a municipality may not engage in a strike or organized work stoppage against this state or the municipality. (b)...
• Texas Section 142.058 - Recognition Of Police Officers Association
  (a) A public employer in a municipality that chooses to meet and confer under this subchapter shall recognize an association that is recognized under Section...
• Texas Section 142.059 - General Provisions Relating To Agreements
  (a) A municipality acting under this subchapter may not be denied local control over the wages, salaries, rates of pay, hours of work, or other...
• Texas Section 142.060 - Selection Of Bargaining Agent; Bargaining Unit
  (a) The public employer's chief executive officer or the chief executive officer's designee shall select one or more persons to represent the public employer as...
• Texas Section 142.061 - Protected Rights Of Police Officer
  (a) For any disciplinary appeal, a member of the municipality's bargaining unit may be represented by the police officers association or by any person the...
• Texas Section 142.062 - Open Records
  (a) A proposed meet and confer agreement and a document prepared and used by the municipality, including a public employer, in connection with the proposed...
• Texas Section 142.063 - Open Deliberations
  (a) Deliberations relating to a meet and confer agreement or proposed agreement under this subchapter between representatives of the public employer and representatives of the...
• Texas Section 142.064 - Ratification And Enforceability Of Agreement
  (a) An agreement under this subchapter is enforceable and binding on the public employer, the recognized police officers association, and the police officers covered by...
• Texas Section 142.065 - Action Or Election To Repeal Authorization To Operate Under This Subchapter
  (a) The governing body of a municipality that granted recognition of a police officers association under Section 142.053 without conducting an election under Section 142.055...
• Texas Section 142.066 - Election To Repeal Agreement
  (a) Not later than the 60th day after the date a meet and confer agreement is ratified by the governing body of the municipality and...
• Texas Section 142.067 - Agreement Supersedes Conflicting Provisions
  A written meet and confer agreement ratified under this subchapter preempts, during the term of the agreement and to the extent of any conflict, all...

SUBCHAPTER C LOCAL CONTROL OF FIREFIGHTER EMPLOYMENT

• Texas Section 142.068 - Effect On Existing Benefits And Rights
  (a) This subchapter may not be construed as repealing any existing benefit provided by statute or ordinance concerning police officers' compensation, pensions, retirement plans, hours...
• Texas Section 142.101 - Applicability
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), this subchapter applies only to a municipality: (1) with a population of 50,000 or more; or (2) that...
• Texas Section 142.102 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Firefighter" means a person who is defined as fire protection personnel under Section 419.021, Government Code, and who is employed by...
• Texas Section 142.103 - Petition For Recognition: Election Or Action By Governing Body
  (a) Not later than the 30th day after the date the governing body of a municipality receives from a firefighters association a petition signed by...
• Texas Section 142.104 - Certification Election
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a certification election ordered under Section 142.103(a)(3) to determine whether a firefighters association represents a majority of the...
• Texas Section 142.105 - Election To Authorize Operating Under This Subchapter
  (a) The governing body of a municipality that receives a petition for recognition under Section 142.103 may order an election to determine whether a public...
• Texas Section 142.106 - Change Or Modification Of Recognition
  (a) The firefighters may modify or change the recognition of the association granted under this subchapter by filing with the governing body of the municipality...
• Texas Section 142.107 - Strikes Prohibited
  (a) A firefighter employed by a municipality may not engage in a strike or organized work stoppage against this state or the municipality. (b) A...
• Texas Section 142.108 - Recognition Of Firefighters Association
  (a) A public employer in a municipality that chooses to meet and confer under this subchapter shall recognize an association that is recognized under Section...
• Texas Section 142.109 - General Provisions Relating To Agreements
  (a) A municipality acting under this subchapter may not be denied local control over the wages, salaries, rates of pay, hours of work, or other...
• Texas Section 142.110 - Selection Of Bargaining Agent; Bargaining Unit
  (a) The public employer's chief executive officer or the chief executive officer's designee shall select one or more persons to represent the public employer as...
• Texas Section 142.111 - Protected Rights Of Firefighter
  (a) For any disciplinary appeal, a member of the municipality's bargaining unit may be represented by the firefighters association or by any person the member...
• Texas Section 142.112 - Open Records
  (a) A proposed meet and confer agreement and a document prepared and used by the municipality, including a public employer, in connection with the proposed...
• Texas Section 142.113 - Open Deliberations
  (a) A deliberation relating to meeting and conferring between a public employer and a firefighters association, a deliberation relating to an agreement or proposed agreement...
• Texas Section 142.114 - Ratification And Enforceability Of Agreement
  (a) An agreement under this subchapter is enforceable and binding on the public employer, the recognized firefighters association, and the firefighters covered by the meet...
• Texas Section 142.115 - Action Or Election To Repeal Authorization To Operate Under This Subchapter
  (a) The governing body of a municipality that granted recognition of a firefighters association under Section 142.103 without conducting an election under Section 142.105 may...
• Texas Section 142.116 - Election To Repeal Agreement
  (a) Not later than the 60th day after the date a meet and confer agreement is ratified by the governing body of the municipality and...
• Texas Section 142.117 - Agreement Supersedes Conflicting Provisions
  A written meet and confer agreement ratified under this subchapter preempts, during the term of the agreement and to the extent of any conflict, all...
• Texas Section 142.118 - Preemption Of Other Law
  (a) This subchapter preempts all contrary local ordinances, executive orders, legislation, or rules adopted by a municipality. (b) Section 617.002, Government Code, does not apply...

SUBCHAPTER D LOCAL CONTROL OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL EMPLOYMENT MATTERS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES

• Texas Section 142.119 - Effect On Existing Benefits
  This subchapter may not be construed as repealing any existing benefit provided by statute or ordinance concerning firefighters' compensation, pensions, retirement plans, hours of work,...
• Texas Section 142.151 - Applicability
  This subchapter applies only to a municipality: (1) with a population of 460,000 or more that operates under a city manager form of government; and...
• Texas Section 142.152 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Association" means an organization in which emergency medical services personnel participate and that exists for the purpose, wholly or partly, of...
• Texas Section 142.153 - General Provisions Relating To Agreements
  (a) A municipality may not be denied local control over wages, salaries, rates of pay, hours of employment, other terms and conditions of employment, or...
• Texas Section 142.154 - Strikes Prohibited
  (a) A public employer and an association recognized as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent under Section 142.155 may meet and confer only if the...
• Texas Section 142.155 - Recognition Of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Association
  (a) The governing body of a municipality may recognize an association that submits a petition signed by a majority of the emergency medical services personnel...
• Texas Section 142.156 - Election
  (a) Whether an association represents a majority of the covered emergency medical services personnel shall be resolved by a fair election, conducted according to procedures...
• Texas Section 142.1565 - Election To Authorize Operating Under This Subchapter
  (a) If the governing body of a municipality does not recognize an association that submits a petition under Section 142.155 and that has been determined...
• Texas Section 142.157 - Selection Of Bargaining Agents
  The public employer's manager or chief executive, as appropriate, and the head of the emergency medical services department shall designate a group of persons to...
• Texas Section 142.158 - Open Records Required
  (a) A proposed agreement and any document prepared and used by the municipality in connection with a proposed agreement are available to the public under...
• Texas Section 142.159 - Ratification And Enforceability Of Agreement
  (a) An agreement made under this subchapter between a public employer and an association is binding on the public employer, the association, and the emergency...
• Texas Section 142.160 - Agreement Supersedes Conflicting Provisions
  (a) An agreement under this subchapter supersedes a previous statute concerning wages, salaries, rates of pay, hours of employment, or other terms and conditions of...
• Texas Section 142.1605 - Action Or Election To Repeal Authorization To Operate Under This Subchapter
  (a) The governing body of a municipality that granted recognition of an association under Section 142.155 without conducting an election under Section 142.1565 may withdraw...
• Texas Section 142.161 - Repeal Of Agreement By Electorate
  (a) Not later than the 45th day after the date an agreement is ratified by both the municipality and the association, a petition signed by...
• Texas Section 142.162 - Protected Rights Of Individual Employees
  (a) For the purpose of any disciplinary appeal, a member of the association may choose to be represented by any person of the member's choice...
• Texas Section 142.163 - Binding Interest Arbitration
  (a) A municipality may be required to submit to binding interest arbitration only if approved by a majority of those voting in a public referendum...

Last modified: September 28, 2016