Sec. 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 other personnel issues on which the public employer and an association that is recognized as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent under Section 142.155 for all emergency medical services personnel in the municipality agree. The applicable statutes, local ordinances, and civil service rules govern a term or condition of employment on which the public employer and the association do not agree.
(b) An agreement under this subchapter must be written.
(c) This subchapter does not require the public employer and an association to meet and confer or reach an agreement on any issue.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 187 (S.B. 1104), Sec. 1, eff. May 23, 2007.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - Matters Affecting Public Officers and Employees
Subtitle A - Municipal Officers and Employees
Chapter 142 - Assistance, Benefits, and Working Conditions of Municipal Officers and Employees
Section 142.151. Applicability
Section 142.153. General Provisions Relating to Agreements
Section 142.154. Strikes Prohibited
Section 142.155. Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Association
Section 142.1565. Election to Authorize Operating Under This Subchapter
Section 142.157. Selection of Bargaining Agents
Section 142.158. Open Records Required
Section 142.159. Ratification and Enforceability of Agreement
Section 142.160. Agreement Supersedes Conflicting Provisions
Section 142.1605. Action or Election to Repeal Authorization to Operate Under This Subchapter
Section 142.161. Repeal of Agreement by Electorate