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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the sheriff's department civil service commission |
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appointments in certain counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 158.034(a) and (c), Local Government |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) In a county with a population of less than 3.3 [2.8] |
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million, if a majority of the employees voting at the election |
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approve the creation of a sheriff's department civil service |
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system, the sheriff shall appoint two persons and the[,] |
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commissioners court, [and] district attorney, and employee |
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organization representing the majority of sheriff's department |
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employees shall each appoint one person to serve as a member of the |
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civil service commission that administers the system. In a county |
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with a population of 3.3 [2.8] million or more, if a majority of the |
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employees voting at the election approve the creation of a |
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sheriff's department civil service system, the sheriff, |
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commissioners court, and district attorney shall each appoint two |
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persons to serve as members of the civil service commission that |
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administers the system, and the three appointing authorities shall |
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appoint one member by joint action requiring the affirmative vote |
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of each of the authorities. |
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(c) Each member of the commission is appointed for a term of |
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two years. However, the initial members of the commission in a |
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county with a population of less than 3.3 [2.8] million shall |
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determine by lot which two of them will serve a term of two years and |
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which one of them will serve a term of one year. In a county with a |
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population of 3.3 [2.8] million or more: |
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(1) the initial member appointed jointly under |
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Subsection (a) serves a term of two years; and |
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(2) the initial members appointed by each individual |
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appointing authority shall determine by lot which one of the two |
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initial members appointed by the appointing authority will serve a |
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term of two years and which initial member appointed by that |
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authority will serve a term of one year. |
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SECTION 2. In a county with a population of less than 3.3 |
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million to which Section 158.034, Local Government Code, as amended |
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by this Act, applies and in which a sheriff's department civil |
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service system commission exists before the effective date of this |
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Act, the sheriff and the employee organization shall each appoint |
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one member to the commission. The five members composed of the |
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current three members and the two new members shall then determine |
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by agreement or lot which three of them will serve a term of two |
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years and which two of them will serve a term of one year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |