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Texas Labor Code § 21.005

Construction with Other Laws

Employment Discrimination · General Provisions

(a) This chapter does not relieve a government agency or official of the responsibility to ensure nondiscrimination in employment as required under another provision of the state or federal constitutions or laws.

(b) This chapter does not affect the standards for determining eligibility for benefits under Title 5 or under a state or federal disability benefit program.

(c) Nothing in this chapter may be construed as the basis for a claim by an individual without a disability that the individual was subject to discrimination because of the individual's lack of a disability.

Official text of the Texas Labor Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 337 (H.B. 978), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2009.