Tex. Comm’n on Envtl. Quality (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CaseRosaena Resendez was fired from her position at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) after she reported alleged wrongdoing to supervisors within the organization and to the office of a state senator. Resendez sued TCEQ under the Whistleblower Act, which waives a state agency’s sovereign immunity from suit for retaliatory discharge under certain circumstances. The trial court sustained TCEQ’s plea to the jurisdiction and dismissed the case, concluding that Resendez’s reports were merely internal policy recommendations and not reports to an appropriate law-enforcement authority as required by the Act. The court of appeals reversed, concluding that Resendez’s internal reports were sufficient under the Act. The Supreme Court reversed, holding (1) Resendez’s internal report was insufficient under the Act; and (2) Resendez’s report to the senator’s office did not satisfy the Act’s requirements.
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