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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to municipal authority to prohibit police or fire |
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department employees from circulating or signing certain |
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employment petitions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 150, Local Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subchapter Z to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
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Sec. 150.901. AUTHORITY TO PROHIBIT POLICE OR FIRE |
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DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES FROM CIRCULATING OR SIGNING CERTAIN |
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PETITIONS. A municipality may not adopt or enforce a charter |
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provision, ordinance, policy, or other measure that prohibits an |
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employee of the municipality's police or fire department from |
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circulating or signing a petition authorized by Chapter 142, 143, |
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or 174. |
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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, 2023. |