{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-174.253","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 174.253","heading":"JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ARBITRATION AWARD.","body":"(a) An award of an arbitration board may be reviewed by a district court for the judicial district in which the municipality is located only on the grounds that:\n(1) the arbitration board was without jurisdiction;\n(2) the arbitration board exceeded its jurisdiction;\n(3) the order is not supported by competent, material, and substantial evidence on the whole record; or\n(4) the order was obtained by fraud, collusion, or similar unlawful means.\n(b) The pendency of a review proceeding does not automatically stay enforcement of the arbitration board's order.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","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 G. JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT AND REVIEW"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.174.htm#174.253","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"56881f4fa02d5339535cdfe25403afdc7cc9ee505096a019e4d24d8622922655","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-174.252","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-175.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}