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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the age limit for a beginning position in a fire |
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department under municipal civil service. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 143.023(a) and (b), Local Government |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A person may not take an entrance examination for a |
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beginning position in a [the] police or fire department unless the |
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person is at least 18 years of age. [A person may not take an |
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entrance examination for a beginning position in the fire |
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department unless the person is at least 18 years of age but not 36 |
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years of age or older.] |
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(b) A person may not be certified as eligible for a |
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beginning position in a fire department if the person is 45 [36] |
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years of age or older. |
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SECTION 2. Section 143.083(a), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) If a municipality is unable to recruit qualified fire |
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fighters because of the maximum age limit prescribed by Section |
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143.023 and the municipality's governing body finds that this |
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inability creates an emergency, the commission shall recommend to |
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the governing body additional rules governing the temporary |
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employment of persons who are 45 [36] years of age or older. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2025. |