88R769 MP-F
 
  By: Cole, Goodwin, Flores, Howard, Talarico, H.B. No. 1171
      et al.
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to applicability of civil service status to emergency
  medical services personnel in certain municipalities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 143.401(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This subchapter applies only to a municipality:
               (1)  with a population of 460,000 or more that:
                     (A)  operates under a city manager form of
  government; or
                     (B)  operated under a city manager form of
  government on the date the municipality adopted this subchapter;
  and
               (2)  that employs emergency medical services personnel
  in a municipal department other than the fire department.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.