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Tex. Lab. Code § 21.254 (2026)

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Sec. 21.254. CIVIL ACTION BY COMPLAINANT. Within 60 days after the date a notice of the right to file a civil action is received, the complainant may bring a civil action against the respondent.

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

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Cited in 85 cases (21 in the last 5 years), 1996–2026 · leading case: Mission Consol. Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Garcia, 372 S.W.3d 629 (Tex. 2012).
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Mission Consol. Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Garcia, 372 S.W.3d 629 (Tex. 2012). · cites it 2× “Tex. Lab.Code § 21.254 (emphasis added). .”
Alamo Heights Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Catherine Clark, 544 S.W.3d 755 (Tex. 2018). “3d at 637 (citing Tex. Lab. Code § 21.254 ). Bland Indep. Sch.”
Kelemen v. Elliott, 260 S.W.3d 518 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2008). · cites it 4× “3d at 659 ; see also Tex. Lab.Code Ann. § 21.254 (Vernon 2006) (waiving sovereign immunity for violations of TCHRA); Tex.”
Mission Consol. Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Garcia, 314 S.W.3d 548 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2010). · cites it 5× “*552 which can be properly categorized as three, the District argues that the trial court erred in denying its plea to the jurisdiction because: (1) Garcia failed to present evidence to raise a fact issue in response to its plea based on the absence of jurisdictional facts; (2)…”
Cyndy Zamora v. Tarrant Cnty. Hosp. Dist., 510 S.W.3d 584 (Tex. App.—El Paso 2016). · cites it 3× “RODRIGUEZ, Justice Cyndy Zamora (“Zamora”) timely filed a wrongful termination suit against her state government employer, the Tarrant County Hospital District (“the Hospital”), ten days before the jurisdictional filing deadline set by Tex. Lab. Code Ann. § 21.254 (West 2015)…”
Tarrant Cnty. v. Vandigriff, 71 S.W.3d 921 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2002). · cites it 2× “; see Tex. Lab. Code Ann. § 21.254 . A complainant must file a civil action on her claims within two years from the date she filed her initial charge with the TCHR, or her claim is barred by the statute of limitations.”
Rolando Serna v. Law Off. of Joseph Onwuteaka, 732 F.3d 440 (5th Cir. 2013). · cites it 2× “TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 21.254 (West 2011).”
Roberts v. Padre Island Brewing Co., 28 S.W.3d 618 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2000). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Lab. Code Ann. § 21.254 (Vernon 1993).”
Vela v. Waco Indep. Sch. Dist., 69 S.W.3d 695 (Tex. App.—Waco 2002). “Tex. Lab.Code Ann. § 21.254; City of Houston v.”
Ledesma v. Allstate Ins. Co., 68 S.W.3d 765 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2001). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Lab.Code Ann. § 21.254 (Vernon 1996).”
Comptroller v. LANDSFELD, 352 S.W.3d 171 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2011). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Lab.Code Ann. § 21.254 (West 2006). On July 25, 2006, Landsfeld sued TCPA for age discrimination.”
Davis v. Educ. Serv. Ctr., 62 S.W.3d 890 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2001). “Tex. Lab.Code Ann. § 21.256 (Vernon 1996).”
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