Tex. Local Government Code § 180.004
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 180.004, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 180.004. WORKING CONDITIONS FOR PREGNANT EMPLOYEES.
Official statutory text
(a) In this section, "office" means a municipal or county office, department, division, program, commission, bureau, board, committee, or similar entity.
(b) A municipality or a county shall make a reasonable effort to accommodate an employee of the municipality or county who is determined by a physician to be partially physically restricted by a pregnancy.
(c) If the physician of a municipal or county employee certifies that the employee is unable to perform the duties of the employee's permanent work assignment as a result of the employee's pregnancy and if a temporary work assignment that the employee may perform is available in the same office, the office supervisor who is responsible for personnel decisions shall assign the employee to the temporary work assignment.
(b) A municipality or a county shall make a reasonable effort to accommodate an employee of the municipality or county who is determined by a physician to be partially physically restricted by a pregnancy.
(c) If the physician of a municipal or county employee certifies that the employee is unable to perform the duties of the employee's permanent work assignment as a result of the employee's pregnancy and if a temporary work assignment that the employee may perform is available in the same office, the office supervisor who is responsible for personnel decisions shall assign the employee to the temporary work assignment.
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