{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-146.010","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 146.010","heading":"SELECTION OF BARGAINING AGENT; BARGAINING UNIT.","body":"(a) The public employer's chief executive officer or the chief executive officer's designee shall select one or more persons to represent the public employer as its sole and exclusive bargaining agent to meet and confer on issues related to the wages, hours of employment, and other terms and conditions of employment of municipal employees.\n(b) An employee association may designate one or more persons to negotiate or bargain on the association's behalf.\n(c) A municipality's bargaining unit is composed of all the covered employees.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1144 (H.B. 2866), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 5. MATTERS AFFECTING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 146. LOCAL CONTROL OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYMENT MATTERS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.146.htm#146.010","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"47a70536cba946c3b7e34e8ae1cde6a9434b7ab74b8c2cf1e096f42cbe7eccca","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-146.009","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-146.011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}