(a) No person shall be appointed, reduced, removed, or in any way favored or discriminated against because of race, color, age, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic characteristics, national origin, disability, military or veteran status, sex, political opinions or affiliations. No officer or employee of the city shall directly or indirectly, in any way be required to contribute to any political campaign, political party, organization which supports candidates for public office, or for any partisan political purpose whatsoever.
(b) To avoid undue influence of city employees on the outcome of city council elections and to avoid undue influence of city council members or candidates for city council on city employees, the following restrictions are imposed:
(1) No employee of the city or association of such employees may publicly endorse or actively support candidates for the city council or any political organization or association organized to support candidates for the city council.
(2) No employee of the city may circulate petitions for city council candidates, although an employee may sign such a petition.
(3) No employee of the city may contribute, directly or indirectly or through an organization or association to such a campaign nor solicit or receive contributions for a city council candidate.
(4) No employee of the city may wear city council campaign buttons nor distribute campaign literature at work or in a city uniform or in the offices or buildings of the City of Dallas.
(c) In elections other than for city council of the City of Dallas, an employee of the city may not:
(1) use the prestige of the employee’s position with the city for any partisan candidate;
(2) manage a partisan political campaign;
(3) solicit or receive contributions for such a campaign; or
(4) actively support a candidate except on the employee’s own time while not in a city uniform nor in an office or building of the City of Dallas.
(d) Notwithstanding any conflict with Subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a sworn employee of the fire-rescue department or the police department may engage in political activities to the extent permitted by law. (Amend. of 6-12-73, Prop. No. 32; Amend. of 8-12-89, Prop. No. 11; Amend. of 11-8-05, Prop. No. 10; Amend. of 11-4-14, Prop. No. 9)