BUSINESS NECESSITY.
Tex. LABOR Code § 21.115.
in effect(a) Subject to Subsection (b), an employer does not commit an unlawful employment practice by engaging in a practice that has a discriminatory effect and that would otherwise be prohibited by this chapter if the employer establishes that the practice:
(1) is not intentionally devised or operated to contravene the prohibitions of this chapter; and
(2) is justified by business necessity.
(b) An employer may not use a qualification standard, employment test, or other selection criterion based on an individual's uncorrected vision unless the standard, test, or criterion is consistent with business necessity and job-related for the position to which the standard, test, or criterion applies.
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 337 (H.B. 978 ), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2009.