1. (a) The commission may bring a civil action against a respondent if:

   1. (1) the commission determines that there is reasonable cause to believe that the respondent engaged in an unlawful employment practice;
   2. (2) the commission's efforts to resolve the discriminatory practice to the satisfaction of the complainant and respondent through conciliation have been unsuccessful; and
   3. (3) a majority of the commissioners determines that the civil action may achieve the purposes of this chapter.
2. (b) The complainant may intervene in a civil action brought by the commission.

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