Governor Perry Signs CLEAT Bills

Texas Governor Rick Perry signed the last of the CLEAT bills giving CLEAT 100% with no vetoes. This is the final lap of 82nd Regular Session. CLEAT’s hotly debated and much maligned Worker’s Comp bill is now law as well.

“I’m grateful to all the board, local presidents and members who had faith that we could get to this point,” said Charley Wilkison, CLEAT Director of Public Affairs.  “The worst of the battle was killing the bad bills and making sure they remained dead in this mean and nasty session,” said Wilkison.

These signings will bring Governor Perry’s total CLEAT bills signed to more than fifty. The last veto of a CLEAT bill was a Meet and Confer bill in 1999 by Governor George W. Bush.