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2025 Texas Statutes
Labor Code
Title 2 - Protection of Laborers
Subtitle A - Employment Discrimination
Chapter 22 - Employment Discrimination for Participating in Emergency Evacuation
Section 22.004. Exemption; Emergency Services Personnel

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TX Lab Code § 22.004 (2025)
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Sec. 22.004. EXEMPTION; EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL. (a) Section 22.002 does not apply to individuals employed as emergency services personnel if the employer provides adequate emergency shelter for those individuals.

(b) This chapter does not apply to a person who is necessary to provide for the safety and well-being of the general public, including a person necessary for the restoration of vital services.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 9.09(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

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