Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. Line and page numbers may not match official copy. By Rodriguez H.B. No. 1447 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to civil service exemption for certain county employees. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 158.013, Local Government Code, is 1-5 amended to read as follows: 1-6 (a) A person who on August 30, 1971, was an employee of an 1-7 eligible county under this subchapter may not be required to take a 1-8 competitive examination or perform any other act to maintain the 1-9 position held on that date. 1-10 (b) This subchapter does not apply to: 1-11 (1) assistant district attorneys, investigators, or 1-12 other employees of a district or criminal district attorney, except 1-13 as provided by Section 158.007; 1-14 (2) the official shorthand reporter of a court; or 1-15 (3) an elected or appointed officer under the 1-16 constitution; or 1-17 (4) a deputy constable. 1-18 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-23 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-24 passage, and it is so enacted.