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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the dismissal of the department head of a police |
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department in certain municipalities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 143, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 143.0131 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 143.0131. DISMISSAL OF DEPARTMENT HEAD OF CERTAIN |
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POLICE DEPARTMENTS. (a) This section applies only to a |
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municipality that has a population of more than 950,000. |
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(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality's chief |
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executive may dismiss the head of the police department from the |
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department for any or no reason. |
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(c) A head of a police department dismissed under this |
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section is not entitled to: |
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(1) reinstatement or rights of seniority under Section |
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143.013(c); or |
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(2) a hearing under Section 143.013(d). |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a dismissal made on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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dismissal made before the effective date of this Act is governed by |
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the law as it existed immediately before the effective date of this |
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Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |