By:  Rose (Senate Sponsor - Harris)                               H.B. No. 3409
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 16, 2005; 
May 17, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Intergovernmental Relations; May 20, 2005, reported favorably by 
the following vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 20, 2005, sent to 
printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the application of the municipal civil service law for 
firefighters and police officers to certain municipalities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 143.002, Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 143.002.  MUNICIPALITIES COVERED BY CHAPTER.  (a) This 
chapter applies only to a municipality:
		(1)  that:                                                                    
			(A)  has a population of 10,000 or more;                                     
			(B)  has a paid fire department and police 
department; and                 
			(C)  has voted to adopt this chapter or the law 
codified by this chapter; or
		(2)  whose election to adopt this chapter and whose 
acts subsequent to that election were validated by the law enacted 
by House Bill 822, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 
1993.
	(b)  Population under Subsection (a)(1) is determined by the 
most recent:
		(1)  federal decennial census; or                                      
		(2)  annual population estimate provided by the state 
demographer under Chapter 468, Government Code, if that estimate is 
more recent than the most recent federal decennial census.
	(c)  If this chapter applies to a municipality as provided by 
Subsection (a), the application of this chapter to the municipality 
is not affected if the municipality's population changes and the 
municipality no longer meets the population requirement of 
Subsection (a)(1).
	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.



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