Tex. Local Government Code § 142.153
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 142.153, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 142.153. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO AGREEMENTS.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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.
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