reported in good faith a violation of law (4) to an appropriate law enforcement agency, and (5) that the plaintiffs report was the but-for cause of the defendant’s suspending, firing, or otherwise discriminating against the plaintiff at the time the defendant took that action. Id.; Tex. Dep’t of Human Servs. v. Hinds, 904 S.W.2d 629, 636 (Tex.1995) (explaining the causation element). A “law” is a state or federal statute, an ordinance of a local governmental entity, or a rule adopted under a statute or ordinance. Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 554.001(1) (Vernon 2004). The City has not argued that its charter is not a “law” under the Whistleblower Act, so we will assume for purposes of this appeal that it is. See City of Beaumont v. Bouillion, 873 S.W.2d 425, 447 (Tex.App.-Beaumont 1993) (<HOLDING>), rev’d on other grounds, 896 S.W.2d 143
holding that under virginia law a corporation with a revoked charter can file a voluntary petition holding that a claimunder the pennsylvania human rights act was barred by eleventh amendment immunity while simultaneously holding that a claim under the whistleblower law was untimely rather than precluded holding that legislation which repealed the charter of the city of jacksonville did not violate constitutional provision prohibiting local or special laws which change the charter of a city holding that a jurys finding that a city had delegated its final policymaking authority in the area of law enforcement to a city police chief was supported by the evidence and warranted imposing liability upon the city holding that a city charter is a law under the whistleblower act