{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-174.163","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 174.163","heading":"COMPULSORY ARBITRATION NOT REQUIRED; EXCEPTIONS.","body":"Except as provided by Section 174.165 or Subchapter E-1, this chapter does not require compulsory arbitration.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.\nAmended by:\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 901 (S.B. 777), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 5. MATTERS AFFECTING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","SUBTITLE C. MATTERS AFFECTING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 174. FIRE AND POLICE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS","SUBCHAPTER E. MEDIATION; IMPASSE RESOLUTION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.174.htm#174.163","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"7ba4e6961b397b15caaba9e10b70bd4386b506cfed7b1b250eb9d2c0e77062fe","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-174.162","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-174.164"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}