Amend SB 863 (introduced version) by striking SECTION 1 of 
the bill (page 1, lines 6-22) and substituting the following:
	SECTION 1.  Section 143.032, Local Government Code, is 
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (j) to 
read as follows:
	(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (j), each [Each] 
eligible promotional candidate shall be given an identical 
examination in the presence of the other eligible promotional 
candidates.
	(j)  If an eligible promotional candidate who is serving on 
active military duty is unable to take the examination in the 
presence of the other eligible promotional candidates because of 
circumstances related to the candidate's service on active military 
duty, the candidate may take the examination outside of the 
presence of the other candidates and at a different time than the 
other candidates.  The commission may adopt rules under Subsection 
(a) providing for the efficient administration of promotional 
examinations to eligible promotional candidates who are members of 
the armed forces serving on active military duty.  The rules shall 
require that, if a candidate serving on active military duty takes a 
promotional examination outside the presence of other candidates 
and passes the examination, the candidate's name shall be included 
in the eligibility list of names of promotional candidates who took 
and passed the identical examination.