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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to positions that are exempt from a sheriff's department |
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civil service system in certain counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 158.038, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) The sheriff of a county with a population of 3.3 million |
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or less to which Subsection (b-1) does not apply may designate as
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exempt from the civil service system: |
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(1) the position of chief deputy; |
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(2) four positions of major deputy; |
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(3) one or more positions in the office of |
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departmental legal counsel; and |
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(4) additional positions in the department; provided, |
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however, that the sheriff may not designate as exempt a total of |
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more than 10 positions. |
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(b-1) The sheriff of a county with a population of more than |
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1.5 million in which more than 75 percent of the population lives in |
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a single municipality may designate a total of 12 or fewer positions |
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in the sheriff's department as exempt from the civil service |
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system, including: |
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(1) the position of chief deputy; |
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(2) four or fewer positions of major deputy; and |
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(3) one or more positions in the office of |
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departmental legal counsel. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |