Texas Labor Code - LAB § 101.113. Advance Fees

(a) On payment in full by an applicant for labor union membership of all initiation fees or dues regularly assessed by the union, the union shall:

(b) On election of an applicant to labor union membership, advance fees paid by the applicant may be used by the union for the purposes for which the fees were advanced.

(c) A labor union or an officer, agent, or member of a labor union shall collect all fees in good faith.  A labor union may not elect a person to membership merely to obtain the person's initiation fee.

(d) A labor union may not collect an initiation fee from a member and then discharge or suspend the member, or cause the member's employer to discharge the member, without reasonable and just cause.

(e) A labor union that violates Subsection (d) is subject to the civil penalty provided by Section 101.121.