Section 161.007 - Unlawfully Prohibiting Employee From Attending Political Convention(a) A person commits an offense if, with respect to another over whom the person has authority in the scope of employment, the person knowingly: (1) refuses to permit the other person to be absent from work for the purpose of attending a precinct convention in which the other person is eligible to participate or attending a county, district, or state convention to which the other person is a delegate; or(2) subjects or threatens to subject the other person to a penalty for the purpose of preventing or retaliating for the other person's attendance at a precinct convention in which the other person is eligible to participate or for the other person's attendance at a county, district, or state convention to which the other person is a delegate.(b) In this section, "penalty" means a loss or reduction of wages or other benefit of employment other than a deduction for the actual time of absence from work.(c) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.Tex. Elec. Code § 161.007
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 106, eff. 9/1/1997. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/1986.