Amend HB 1126 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill 
accordingly:
	SECTION     .  Section 143.005, Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 143.005.  STATUS OF EMPLOYEES IF CHAPTER ADOPTED. (a) 
Each fire fighter or police officer serving in a municipality that 
adopts this chapter and who has been in the service of the 
municipality for more than six months at the time this chapter is 
adopted and who is entitled to civil service classification has the 
status of a civil service employee and is not required to take a 
competitive examination to remain in the position the person 
occupies at the time of the adoption.
	(b)  In a municipality that adopts this chapter, an employee 
of the fire department whose primary duties are to provide 
emergency medical services for the municipality is considered to be 
a fire fighter who is a member of the fire department performing 
fire medical emergency technology, entitled to civil service 
protection, and covered by this chapter.