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78R7350 KSD-D

By:  Hill                                                         H.B. No. 3353



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the probationary period of a person appointed to a 
beginning position in a fire department in certain municipalities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 143.027, Local Government Code, is 
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to 
read as follows:
	(a)  A person appointed to a beginning position in the [fire 
or] police department must serve a probationary period of one year 
beginning on that person's date of employment as a [fire fighter,] 
police officer[,] or academy trainee.
	(a-1)  A person appointed to a beginning position in the fire 
department must serve a probationary period of not less than one 
year or more than two years beginning on that person's date of 
employment as a fire fighter or academy trainee.  The length of the 
probationary period may be established by ordinance.  If the length 
of the period is not established by ordinance, the commission after 
consulting with the head of the fire department shall establish the 
length of the period.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to the 
probationary period of a person appointed to a beginning position 
in a fire department on or after the effective date of this Act.  The 
probationary period of a person appointed to a beginning position 
in a fire department before the effective date of this Act is 
governed by the law in effect on the date the person was appointed, 
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.