{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-152.0165","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 152.0165","heading":"EXHAUSTION OF REMEDIES BEFORE FILING SUIT REGARDING GRIEVANCE.","body":"(a) An elected county or precinct officer may not file suit regarding the officer's salary or personal expenses unless a hearing has been requested and held under Section 152.016.\n(b) This section does not affect a defense, immunity, or jurisdictional bar available to a county or a county official or employee that is sued by a county or precinct officer based on the officer's salary, office and travel expenses, or other allowances.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 439, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 5. MATTERS AFFECTING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","SUBTITLE B. COUNTY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 152. AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION, EXPENSES, AND ALLOWANCES OF COUNTY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","SUBCHAPTER B. AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION, EXPENSES, AND ALLOWANCES GENERALLY APPLICABLE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.152.htm#152.0165","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"78be316ea91845e8f79b0dd7b0356a032f2085312e4f084d80bb02aa6379886f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-152.016","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-152.017"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}