By: McClendon H.B. No. 2606
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an entrance examination for a position in a fire
  department of certain municipalities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 143.025, Local Government Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (g) and adding Subsection (g-1) to
  read as follows:
         (g)  Except as provided by Subsection (g-1), an [An]
  applicant may not take the examination for a particular eligibility
  list more than once.
         (g-1)  An applicant for a beginning position in a fire
  department in a municipality with a population of more than 1.3
  million and less than two million may take a second entrance
  examination not later than the 30th day after the date of the first
  examination.  The commission shall administer the second
  examination in a manner consistent with this section.  The
  examination with the higher grade is the examination used for
  purposes of this section.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an entrance examination administered on or after the effective
  date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect
  September 1, 2013.