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Amend SB 1104 (House Committee Printing) in SECTION 1 of the
bill, by striking added Section 142.155, Local Government Code
(page 3, lines 13 through 23), and substituting the following:
Sec. 142.155. RECOGNITION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
PERSONNEL ASSOCIATION. The governing body of a municipality may
recognize an association that submits a petition signed by a
majority of the emergency medical services personnel in the
municipality, excluding the head of the emergency medical services
department and any person who is exempt under Subsection (b), as the
sole and exclusive bargaining agent for all of the covered
emergency medical services personnel until recognition of the
association is withdrawn by a majority of the covered emergency
medical services personnel.
(b) For purposes of Subsection (a), exempt employees are
assistant department heads in the rank or classification
immediately below that of the department head and any other
employees who are designated as exempt or whose job titles are
designated as exempt by the mutual agreement of the recognized
association and the public employer.