By Noriega                                            H.B. No. 2228
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to eligibility of certain fire fighters for Dispatcher
 1-3     promotional examinations.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 143.106, Local Government Code, is
 1-6     amended by adding Subsection (d) to state as follows:
 1-7           (d)  Competitive examinations for the entry level Dispatcher
 1-8     position are open to each fire fighter who has served for at least
 1-9     three years in the department as a certified fire fighter.
1-10           SECTION 2.  This bill takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-11           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
1-12     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-13     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-14     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-15     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-16     and that this Act take effect and be in force according to its
1-17     terms, and it is so enacted.