{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-261.102","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Human Resources Code § 261.102","heading":"TREATMENT OF EMPLOYEES WHO COOPERATE WITH INDEPENDENT OMBUDSMAN.","body":"The department, a juvenile probation department, or another entity operating a facility in which children adjudicated for conduct that constitutes an offense are placed may not discharge or in any manner discriminate or retaliate against an employee who in good faith makes a complaint to the office of independent ombudsman or cooperates with the office in an investigation.\nTransferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Chapter 64 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.010, eff. September 1, 2011.\nAmended by:\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 950 (S.B. 1727), Sec. 51, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["HUMAN RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 12. JUVENILE JUSTICE SERVICES AND FACILITIES","SUBTITLE D. INDEPENDENT OMBUDSMAN","CHAPTER 261. INDEPENDENT OMBUDSMAN","SUBCHAPTER C. DUTIES AND POWERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.261.htm#261.102","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:18Z","sha256":"db0b24f0f98aeed062b0953d4eceea37257955b8a7d66f4eba1cd3e6bb384e66","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-261.101","next":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-261.103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}