Sec. 174.253. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ARBITRATION AWARD


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  • (a) An award of an arbitration board may be reviewed by a district court for the judicial district in which the municipality is located only on the grounds that:

    (1) the arbitration board was without jurisdiction;

    (2) the arbitration board exceeded its jurisdiction;

    (3) the order is not supported by competent, material, and substantial evidence on the whole record; or

    (4) the order was obtained by fraud, collusion, or similar unlawful means.

    (b) The pendency of a review proceeding does not automatically stay enforcement of the arbitration board's order.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.