79R6773 KEG-F
By: Harper-Brown H.B. No. 148
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 148:
By: Wong C.S.H.B. No. 148
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the probationary period of persons appointed to
beginning positions in certain fire or police departments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 143.027(a), Local Government Code, is
amended 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. The commission by rule may
extend the probationary period by not longer than six months for
persons who must attend a basic training academy necessary for
initial certification by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection or
the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
143.027(a), Local Government Code, applies only in relation to a
person whose date of employment for purposes of that law is on or
after the effective date of this Act. A person whose date of
employment for purposes of that law is before the effective date of
this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the
effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.