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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to applicability of civil service status to emergency |
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medical services personnel in certain municipalities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 143.401(a), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) This subchapter applies only to a municipality: |
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(1) with a population of 460,000 or more that: |
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(A) operates under a city manager form of |
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government; or |
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(B) operated under a city manager form of |
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government on the date the municipality adopted this subchapter; |
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and |
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(2) that employs emergency medical services personnel |
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in a municipal department other than the fire department. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |