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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 or police departments are |
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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 |
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with a population of more than 1.3 million and less than 2 million. |
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An[, an] examination for a beginning position in the fire |
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department may include testing instruments to be used in addition |
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to the written examination in the establishment of the initial |
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eligibility list. Notwithstanding Subsection (h), the commission |
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shall keep each eligibility list for a beginning position in the |
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fire and police departments in effect for a period of not less than |
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six months or more than 24 months, unless the names of all |
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applicants on the list have been referred to the appropriate |
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department. The commission shall determine the length of the |
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period. The commission shall give new examinations at times the |
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commission considers necessary to provide required staffing for |
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scheduled fire or police 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. |