Labor Code § 102.041

Sec. 102.041. WRITTEN SUBMISSION OF DISPUTE OR GRIEVANCE. (a) The question to be decided by the board must be submitted to the board in writing, signed by: (1) the employer or receiver; and (2) the labor organization representing the employees or the employee or any employee or employees to be affected by the arbitration who do not belong to a labor organization. (b) The submission must stipulate that: (1) pending the arbitration, the status existing before the dispute, grievance, or strike may not be changed; (2) the arbitration award shall be filed with the district clerk for the county in which the arbitration is conducted; (3) the arbitration award is final and may not be set aside except for an error in law that is apparent on the record; (4) the parties will faithfully execute the arbitration award; (5) the arbitration award may be enforced in a court of equity; (6) an employee dissatisfied with the arbitration award may not end employment because of that dissatisfaction without giving the employer 30 days' written notice of the intention to end employment; (7) the award continues in effect until the first anniversary of the initial date of its implementation; and (8) a new arbitration of the same subject matter between the same parties may not be entered into during the one year period provided for in Subdivision (7). Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.