By Noriega H.B. No. 2228 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. 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.