H.B. No. 2640




AN ACT

relating to municipal civil service coverage for certain employees 
of a fire department.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 143.003(4), Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
		(4)  "Fire fighter" means a member of a fire department 
who was appointed in substantial compliance with this chapter or 
who is entitled to civil service status under Section 143.005 or 
143.084.  The term:
			(A)  applies only to an employee of a fire 
department whose position requires substantial knowledge of fire 
fighting and who has met the requirements for certification by the 
Texas Commission on Fire Protection under Chapter 419, Government 
Code, including an employee [includes employees] who performs 
[perform]:
				(i) [(A)]  fire suppression;                        
				(ii) [(B)]  fire prevention;                        
				(iii) [(C)]  fire training;                         
				(iv) [(D)]  fire safety education;                  
				(v) [(E)]  fire maintenance;                        
				(vi) [(F)]  fire communications;                    
				(vii) [(G)]  fire medical emergency 
technology;   
				(viii) [(H)]  fire photography;                     
				(ix) [(I)]  fire administration; or                 
				(x) [(J)]  fire arson investigation; and     
			(B)  does not apply to a secretary, clerk, budget 
analyst, custodial engineer, or other administrative employee.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 2640 was passed by the House on May 
13, 2005, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 2640 was passed by the Senate on May 
25, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor