{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-617.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 617.003","heading":"PROHIBITION ON STRIKES BY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.","body":"(a) Public employees may not strike or engage in an organized work stoppage against the state or a political subdivision of the state.\n(b) A public employee who violates Subsection (a) forfeits all civil service rights, reemployment rights, and any other rights, benefits, and privileges the employee enjoys as a result of public employment or former public employment.\n(c) The right of an individual to cease work may not be abridged if the individual is not acting in concert with others in an organized work stoppage.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 6. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","SUBTITLE A. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 617. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND STRIKES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.617.htm#617.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"c720c46a466648d5a124fd8cf325c2cc15237819cc0f9a8a30c140a2c3bfc2a3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-617.0025","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-617.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}