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2025 Texas Statutes
Labor Code
Title 2 - Protection of Laborers
Subtitle A - Employment Discrimination
Chapter 21 - Employment Discrimination
Subchapter D. Local Enforcement
Section 21.153. General Powers and Duties of Local Commission
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TX Lab Code § 21.153 (2025)
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Sec. 21.153. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF LOCAL COMMISSION. (a) A local commission may:
(1) employ an executive director and other employees and agents and set their compensation;
(2) cooperate or contract with a person, including an agency of the federal government or of another state or municipality; and
(3) accept a public grant or private gift, bequest, or other payment.
(b) A local commission shall prepare at least annually a report and furnish a copy of the report to the Commission on Human Rights.
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
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