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2003S0195-1 02/03/03

By:  Olivo                                                        H.B. No. 3134


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the adoption of a sheriff's department civil service 
system in certain counties.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 158.032, Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 158.032.  CREATION OF A CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM [ELIGIBLE 
DEPARTMENTS].  (a)  A sheriff's department in a county with a 
population of more than 500,000 may, in accordance with this 
subchapter, create a civil service system.
	(b)  A sheriff's department in a county with a population of 
250,000 but not more than 500,000 may create a civil service system 
by complying with the requirements of this subsection.  The 
commissioners court of a county described by this subsection that 
receives a petition signed by at least 50 percent of the employees 
of the department requesting the creation of a civil service system 
shall vote not later than the 30th day after the date that the court 
receives the petition whether to create a system by adopting an 
order under Section 158.003.  If the court does not create a system 
as provided by Section 158.003, the court shall call an election to 
decide the question following the procedures provided by Sections 
158.004-158.006, except that the election will be for the purpose 
of obtaining approval of a sheriff's department civil service 
system rather than a county civil service system.
	SECTION 2.  Subsection (a), Section 158.033, Local 
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  If at least 20 percent of the employees of an eligible 
department under Section 158.032(a) [this subchapter] sign a 
petition requesting an election under this section and present the 
petition to the county judge of the employing county, the judge 
shall order a departmental election on the question of the creation 
of a sheriff's department civil service system.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.