A new Texas law that overrides city and county ordinances will also eliminate protections currently in place for workers, such as mandated water breaks, even in extreme heat, according to critics.
in February and sought to make the ordinance that Austin passed in 2010 -- mandatory 10-minute breaks every four hours for contractors working for a government entity -- a statewide law.
House Bill 2127 declares that the state historically has been the "exclusive regulator of many aspects of commerce and trade" in Texas and accused local jurisdictions in recent years of establishing their own regulations that are different from the state's. Economic sectors noted in the law include agriculture, business and commerce, finance, insurance, labor, natural resources, occupations and property.
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