Tex. Labor Code Section 101.113
Advance Fees

(a)

On payment in full by an applicant for labor union membership of all initiation fees or dues regularly assessed by the union, the union shall:

(1)

elect the applicant to membership; or

(2)

immediately return in full the money paid by the applicant.

(b)

On election of an applicant to labor union membership, advance fees paid by the applicant may be used by the union for the purposes for which the fees were advanced.

(c)

A labor union or an officer, agent, or member of a labor union shall collect all fees in good faith. A labor union may not elect a person to membership merely to obtain the person’s initiation fee.

(d)

A labor union may not collect an initiation fee from a member and then discharge or suspend the member, or cause the member’s employer to discharge the member, without reasonable and just cause.

(e)

A labor union that violates Subsection (d) is subject to the civil penalty provided by Section 101.121 (Civil Penalty).
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Source: Section 101.113 — Advance Fees, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.­101.­htm#101.­113 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

101.001
Right to Organize 101.002
Right to Influence Another Regarding Employment 101.003
Right to Bargain 101.004
Contract for Withholding Union Dues from Employee’s Compensation Void Without Employee’s Consent 101.051
Definition 101.052
Denial of Employment Based on Labor Union Membership Prohibited 101.053
Contract Requiring or Prohibiting Labor Union Membership Void 101.101
Definitions 101.102
Legislative Findings 101.103
Liberal Construction 101.104
Method of Election of Officers, Agents, Organizers, and Representatives 101.105
Annual Election of Officers, Agents, Organizers, and Representatives 101.106
Notice of Election 101.107
Results of Election 101.108
Certain Unions Excepted 101.109
Certain Persons Prohibited from Holding Office 101.110
Labor Organizers 101.111
Fee for Privilege to Work Prohibited 101.112
Excessive Fees Prohibited 101.113
Advance Fees 101.114
Fee Receipt Required 101.115
Construction of Fee Restrictions 101.116
Member in Armed Forces 101.117
Reasonable Time for Decision on Membership Required 101.118
Expulsion of Member 101.119
Records 101.120
Reports 101.121
Civil Penalty 101.122
Enforcement by Civil Process 101.123
Offense 101.124
Enforcement Officers 101.151
Definition 101.152
Mass Picketing Prohibited 101.153
Use of Insulting, Threatening, or Obscene Language Prohibited 101.154
Picketing Intended to Secure Breach of Labor Agreement Prohibited 101.155
Declaration or Publication of Continuation of Enjoined Picketing Prohibited 101.156
Offense 101.201
Secondary Picketing Prohibited 101.202
Offense 101.203
Civil Liability 101.204
Enforcement 101.205
Venue 101.251
Definitions 101.252
Liability of Labor Organization 101.301
Interference with Right to Work 101.302
Injunctive Relief 101.303
Assignment of District Judge
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Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 101.113’s source at texas​.gov