Sec. 150.002.  POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.  (a)  While in uniform or on active duty, an employee of the fire or police department of the municipality may not engage in a political activity relating to a campaign for an elective office.
(b)  For the purposes of this section, a person engages in a political activity if the person:
(1)  makes a public political speech supporting or opposing a candidate;
(2)  distributes a card or other political literature relating to the campaign of a candidate;
(3)  wears a campaign button;
(4)  circulates or signs a petition for a candidate;
(5)  solicits votes for a candidate; or
(6)  solicits campaign contributions for a candidate.
(c)  While out of uniform and not on active duty, an employee of the fire or police department may engage in a political activity relating to a campaign for an elective office, including each activity listed by Subsection (b), except that the person may not solicit campaign contributions for a candidate other than from members of an employee organization to which that person belongs.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 34(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.