Texas Statutes § 161.007 Unlawfully Prohibiting Employee From Attending Political Convention
Statute Text
(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.
History
Amended by Acts 1997 , 75th Leg., ch. 864 , Sec. 106 , eff. 9/1/1997 .
Acts 1985 , 69th Leg., ch. 211 , Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/1986 .
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