81R7392 SLB-D
 
  By: Hancock H.B. No. 1443
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the age limit for a beginning position in a fire
  department in certain municipalities under municipal civil
  service.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 143.023, Local Government Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
         (h)  Subsection (b) does not apply to a beginning position in
  a fire department in a municipality with a population of 25,000 or
  less.
         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, 2009.