By Gutierrez                                          H.B. No. 3511
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to an appeal of a decision made by certain county civil
 1-3     service commissions.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 158.012, Local Government Code, is amended
 1-6     by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
 1-7           (d)  A department, upon a final decision by the commission
 1-8     which has reinstated a employee's position after an appeal has been
 1-9     heard by the commission, may appeal the decision by filing a
1-10     petition in a district court in the county within 30 days after the
1-11     date of the decision.
1-12           SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
1-13     an appeal filed on or after the effective date of this Act.  An
1-14     appeal filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by
1-15     the law in effect on the date the appeal was filed, and the former
1-16     law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-17           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-18     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-19     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-20     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-21     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.