{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-161.007","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 161.007","heading":"UNLAWFULLY PROHIBITING EMPLOYEE FROM ATTENDING POLITICAL CONVENTION.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if, with respect to another over whom the person has authority in the scope of employment, the person knowingly:\n(1) refuses to permit the other person to be absent from work for the purpose of attending a precinct convention in which the other person is eligible to participate or attending a county, district, or state convention to which the other person is a delegate; or\n(2) subjects or threatens to subject the other person to a penalty for the purpose of preventing or retaliating for the other person's attendance at a precinct convention in which the other person is eligible to participate or for the other person's attendance at a county, district, or state convention to which the other person is a delegate.\n(b) In this section, \"penalty\" means a loss or reduction of wages or other benefit of employment other than a deduction for the actual time of absence from work.\n(c) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 106, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 10. POLITICAL PARTIES","SUBTITLE A. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 161. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.161.htm#161.007","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"2010f50fac82692a3a5f48cd22c70d1f9c8787409c00c4f474e1185debaa929b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-161.006","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-161.008"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}