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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the period for which eligibility lists for beginning |
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positions in certain municipal fire departments are effective. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 143.025(l), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(l) This subsection applies only to [In] a municipality with |
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a population of more than 1.3 million and less than 2 million. An[,
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an] examination for a beginning position in the fire department may |
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include testing instruments to be used in addition to the written |
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examination in the establishment of the initial eligibility list. |
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Notwithstanding Subsection (h), the commission shall keep each |
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eligibility list for a beginning position in the fire departments |
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in effect for a period of not less than six months or more than 24 |
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months, unless the names of all applicants on the list have been |
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referred to the appropriate department. The commission shall |
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determine the length of the period. The commission shall give new |
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examinations at times the commission considers necessary to provide |
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required staffing for scheduled fire training academies. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |