{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-21.251","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Labor Code § 21.251","heading":"CIVIL ACTION BY COMMISSION.","body":"(a) The commission may bring a civil action against a respondent if:\n(1) the commission determines that there is reasonable cause to believe that the respondent engaged in an unlawful employment practice;\n(2) the commission's efforts to resolve the discriminatory practice to the satisfaction of the complainant and respondent through conciliation have been unsuccessful; and\n(3) a majority of the commissioners determines that the civil action may achieve the purposes of this chapter.\n(b) The complainant may intervene in a civil action brought by the commission.\nActs 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["LABOR CODE","TITLE 2. PROTECTION OF LABORERS","SUBTITLE A. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION","CHAPTER 21. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION","SUBCHAPTER F. JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.21.htm#21.251","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:24Z","sha256":"ddd2a938e00c0bc124e9e95b8a244a1ea4764d925b2adbbf0e09952f2c5ce20a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-21.211","next":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-21.252"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}