By Yarbrough H.B. No. 1505 76R5935 BDH-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to classification of the position of fire marshal in 1-3 certain municipal fire departments. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 143, Local Government Code, 1-6 is amended by adding Section 143.1025 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 143.1025. CLASSIFICATION OF FIRE MARSHAL. (a) In 1-8 addition to other fire fighter classifications created in 1-9 accordance with Section 143.021, the municipality's governing body 1-10 shall establish the classification of fire marshal by ordinance. 1-11 (b) The classified position of fire marshal may only be 1-12 filled from an eligibility list that results from an examination 1-13 held in accordance with this chapter. 1-14 (c) The failure of the governing body to establish the fire 1-15 marshal position by ordinance does not result in the loss of civil 1-16 service benefits by a person entitled to civil service protection 1-17 or appointed to the position in substantial compliance with this 1-18 chapter. 1-19 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-24 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-1 passage, and it is so enacted.