By: Van de Putte S.B. No. 863
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the administration of promotional examinations to
certain firefighters and police officers who are members of the
armed forces on active duty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 143.032, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (j) to
read as follows:
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (j), each [Each]
eligible promotional candidate shall be given an identical
examination in the presence of the other eligible promotional
candidates.
(j) If an eligible promotional candidate who is serving on
active military duty is unable to take the examination in the
presence of the other eligible promotional candidates because of
circumstances related to the candidate's service on active military
duty, the candidate may take the examination outside of the
presence of the other candidates and at a different time than the
other candidates. The commission may adopt rules under Subsection
(a) providing for the efficient administration of promotional
examinations to eligible promotional candidates who are members of
the armed forces serving on active military duty. The rules shall
require that, if a candidate serving on active military duty takes a
promotional examination outside the presence of other candidates
and passes the examination, the candidate's name shall be included
in the eligibility list of names of promotional candidates who took
and passed the identical examination.
SECTION 2. Subsection (c), Section 143.028, Local
Government Code, is repealed.
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.