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78R5754 DRH-F

By:  Driver                                                       H.B. No. 1159



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to county civil service coverage for deputy constables.              
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 158, Local Government 
Code, is amended by adding Section 158.0105 to read as follows:
	Sec. 158.0105.  DEPUTY CONSTABLES.  (a)  This section 
applies only to a deputy constable whom the commission defines as a 
county employee.
	(b)  At the conclusion of the term for which a constable is 
elected or appointed, a deputy constable appointed by the constable 
is no longer entitled to the coverage of the county civil service 
system.
	(c)  A deputy constable who loses coverage under Subsection 
(b) and is appointed as a deputy constable in the same or a 
different constable precinct in the county resumes coverage under 
the county civil service system without the probationary period 
described by Section 158.010(b) if the appointment occurs not later 
than the 30th day after the date the deputy loses coverage.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.