Tex. Labor Code § 21.251
CIVIL ACTION BY COMMISSION
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- Tex. Labor Code § 21.251, CIVIL ACTION BY COMMISSION, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/686233
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(a) The commission may bring a civil action against a respondent if:
(1) the commission determines that there is reasonable cause to believe that the respondent engaged in an unlawful employment practice;
(2) the commission's efforts to resolve the discriminatory practice to the satisfaction of the complainant and respondent through conciliation have been unsuccessful; and
(3) a majority of the commissioners determines that the civil action may achieve the purposes of this chapter.
(b) The complainant may intervene in a civil action brought by the commission.