By Maxey H.B. No. 2536
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the definition of a disciplinary action against a
1-3 police officer.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Amend Section 143.003, Local Government Code, to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 143.003. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
1-8 (1) "Commission" means the Fire Fighters' and Police
1-9 Officers' Civil Service Commission.
1-10 (2) "Department head" means the director of fire
1-11 fighters' and police officers' civil service.
1-12 (3) "Director" means the director of fire fighters'
1-13 and police officers' civil service.
1-14 (4) "Disciplinary action" means any action by the
1-15 department administered as a punishment for violating a
1-16 departmental rule or order.
1-17 [(4)] (5) "Fire fighter" means a member of a fire
1-18 department who was appointed in substantial compliance with this
1-19 chapter or who is entitled to civil service status under Section
1-20 143.005 or 143.084. The term includes fire fighters who perform:
1-21 (A) fire suppression;
1-22 (B) fire prevention;
2-1 (C) fire training;
2-2 (D) fire safety education;
2-3 (E) fire maintenance;
2-4 (F) fire communications;
2-5 (G) fire medical emergency technology;
2-6 (H) fire photography; or
2-7 (I) fire administration.
2-8 [(5)] (6) "Police officer" means a member of a police
2-9 department or other peace officer who was appointed in substantial
2-10 compliance with this chapter or who is entitled to civil service
2-11 status under Section 143.005, 143.084, or 143.103.
2-12 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
2-13 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-14 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.