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79R1404 MXM-D

By:  Raymond                                                      H.B. No. 3063



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the eligibility of certain counties to adopt a civil 
service system.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 158.002, Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 158.002.  ELIGIBLE COUNTIES.  A county with a 
population of 190,000 [200,000] or more may, in accordance with 
this subchapter, create a county civil service system to include 
all the employees of the county who are not exempted from the system 
by the express terms or judicial interpretations of this subchapter 
or by the operation of Subchapter B.
	SECTION 2.  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.