By:  Gallegos                                         S.B. No. 1248
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating civil service status of fire fighters in certain cities.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Section 143.003(4), Local Government Code, is
 1-5     amended to read as follows:
 1-6           (4)  "Fire fighter" means a member of a fire department who
 1-7     is appointed in substantial compliance with this Chapter or who is
 1-8     entitled to civil service status under Section 143.005 or 143.084.
 1-9     The term includes employees [fire fighters] who perform:
1-10                 (A)  fire suppression;
1-11                 (B)  fire prevention;
1-12                 (C)  fire training;
1-13                 (D)  fire safety education;
1-14                 (E)  fire maintenance;
1-15                 (F)  fire communications;
1-16                 (G)  fire medical emergency technology;
1-17                 (H)  fire photography; [or]
1-18                 (I)  fire administration; or
1-19                 (J)  fire arson investigation.
1-20           SECTION 2.  This act takes effect on September 1, 2001.