79R8544 YDB-F

By:  Jones of Lubbock                                             H.B. No. 2640



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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 includes an employee of a fire department whose 
position requires substantial knowledge of fire fighting, 
including an employee [employees] who performs [perform]:
			(A)  fire suppression;                                                       
			(B)  fire prevention;                                                        
			(C)  fire training;                                                          
			(D)  fire safety education;                                                  
			(E)  fire maintenance;                                                       
			(F)  fire communications;                                                    
			(G)  fire medical emergency technology;                                      
			(H)  fire photography;                                                       
			(I)  fire administration; or                                                 
			(J)  fire arson investigation.                                               
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.