78R7614 KEG-F

By:  Bailey                                                       H.B. No. 2362



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to involuntary separation of fire fighters from employment 
in certain municipalities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 143.1115, Local Government Code, is 
amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
	(g)  A fire fighter who suffers a line of duty illness or 
injury and who, because of the illness or injury, is determined 
under the procedure outlined in this section to be unable to perform 
the duties or assignments of the fire fighter's classified position 
may not be involuntarily separated from employment in the 
classified service for a medical reason related to the illness or 
injury if there is any other position within the fire fighter's 
employing fire department the duties of which the fire fighter is 
capable of performing.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.