{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-556.007","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 556.007","heading":"TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.","body":"A state employee who causes an employee to be discharged, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against for providing information under Section 556.006(b) or who violates Section 556.004(c) or (d) is subject to immediate termination of employment.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1498, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 5. OPEN GOVERNMENT; ETHICS","SUBTITLE A. OPEN GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 556. POLITICAL ACTIVITIES BY CERTAIN PUBLIC ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.556.htm#556.007","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"03419f1923f62da9538e9d28435637b15ebffc02c38535c3af7eb33fd2edc26a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-556.006","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-556.008"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}