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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notice requirements for certain meetings or hearings in |
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fire or police departments in certain municipalities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 143.1014, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 143.1014. NOTICE REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN MEETINGS OR |
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HEARINGS. (a) The department shall provide to a fire fighter or |
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police officer notice of the time and location of a meeting or |
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hearing not later than the 48th hour before the hour on which the |
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meeting or hearing is held if the meeting or hearing is: |
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(1) related to an internal departmental or other |
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municipal investigation of the fire fighter or police officer at |
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which the fire fighter or police officer is required or entitled to |
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be present, including an interrogation under Section 143.123; |
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(2) related to a grievance filed by the fire fighter or |
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police officer under Sections 143.127 through 143.134; or |
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(3) an opportunity to respond to charges against the |
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fire fighter or police officer before the department terminates the |
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fire fighter's or police officer's employment. |
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(b) The notice required to be provided to a fire fighter |
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under Subsection (a) must be personally delivered to the fire |
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fighter or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, to |
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the last home address provided by the fire fighter. |
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(c) A fire fighter or police officer may waive the notice |
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prescribed by this section. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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143.1014, Local Government Code, applies to a notice required to be |
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provided under that section on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. A notice required to be provided before the effective date of |
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this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the |
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effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |