Bill Text: TX HB2925 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to applicability of the civil service system for municipal firefighters and police officers and sheriff's departments.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-19 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2925 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2925-Comm_Sub.html
88R20612 SCL-F | |||
By: Martinez | H.B. No. 2925 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2925: | |||
By: Rosenthal | C.S.H.B. No. 2925 |
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relating to applicability of the civil service system for municipal | ||
firefighters and police officers and sheriff's departments. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 143.002(a), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) This chapter applies only to a municipality[ |
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department[ |
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SECTION 2. Section 143.005, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 143.005. STATUS OF EMPLOYEES WHEN [ |
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APPLICABLE [ |
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been in the service of a [ |
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at the time this chapter first becomes applicable to the | ||
municipality [ |
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classification has the status of a civil service employee and is not | ||
required to take a competitive examination to remain in the | ||
position the person occupies at the time this chapter first becomes | ||
applicable to the municipality [ |
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(b) An [ |
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employee of the fire department whose primary duties are to provide | ||
emergency medical services for the municipality is considered to be | ||
a fire fighter who is a member of the fire department performing | ||
fire medical emergency technology, entitled to civil service | ||
protection, and covered by this chapter. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 143.006(a), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The [ |
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and Police Officers' Civil Service Commission is established in | ||
each [ |
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executive of the municipality shall appoint the members of the | ||
commission within 60 days after the date this chapter first becomes | ||
applicable to the municipality [ |
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the date the municipality's first full fiscal year begins after the | ||
date this chapter first becomes applicable to the municipality [ |
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shall implement this chapter. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 143.012(a), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The [ |
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Director of Fire Fighters' and Police Officers' Civil Service is | ||
established in each [ |
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The commission shall appoint the director. The director shall | ||
serve as secretary to the commission and perform work incidental to | ||
the civil service system as required by the commission. The | ||
commission may remove the director at any time. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 158.032, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 158.032. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER [ |
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of more than 250,000 shall adopt [ |
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SECTION 6. Section 158.034(a), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) In a county with a population of less than 2.8 million, | ||
on the date this subchapter first becomes applicable to the | ||
department [ |
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shall each appoint one person to serve as a member of the civil | ||
service commission that administers the system. In a county with a | ||
population of 2.8 million or more, on the date this subchapter first | ||
becomes applicable to the department [ |
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commissioners court, and district attorney shall each appoint two | ||
persons to serve as members of the civil service commission that | ||
administers the system, and the three appointing authorities shall | ||
appoint one member by joint action requiring the affirmative vote | ||
of each of the authorities. | ||
SECTION 7. The following provisions of the Local Government | ||
Code are repealed: | ||
(1) Section 143.002(c); | ||
(2) Section 143.004; | ||
(3) Section 158.033; and | ||
(4) Section 158.039. | ||
SECTION 8. (a) On the effective date of this Act, Chapters | ||
143 and 158, Local Government Code, as amended by this Act, first | ||
become applicable for purposes of the changes in law made by this | ||
Act to a municipality that is subject to Chapter 143, Local | ||
Government Code, as amended by this Act, and a county that is | ||
subject to Chapter 158, Local Government Code, as amended by this | ||
Act, but that was not operating under the applicable chapter | ||
immediately before that date. | ||
(b) A municipality to which Chapter 143, Local Government | ||
Code, as amended by this Act, or a county to which Chapter 158, | ||
Local Government Code, as amended by this Act, is applicable, | ||
without regard to the holding of an election, because of the change | ||
in law made by this Act shall implement a civil service system in | ||
the municipality or county in accordance with Chapter 143 or 158, | ||
Local Government Code, as amended by this Act, as applicable. | ||
SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |