| 1 | 1 | | 81R26427 SLB-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Castro H.B. No. 2508 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2508: |
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| 4 | 4 | | By: Marquez C.S.H.B. No. 2508 |
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| 5 | 5 | | |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the sheriff's department civil service commission |
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| 10 | 10 | | appointments in certain counties. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 158.034, Local Government Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to |
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| 14 | 14 | | read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (a) In a county with a population of less than 2.8 million |
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| 16 | 16 | | other than a county to which Subsection (a-1) applies, if a majority |
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| 17 | 17 | | of the employees voting at the election approve the creation of a |
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| 18 | 18 | | sheriff's department civil service system, the sheriff, |
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| 19 | 19 | | commissioners court, and district attorney shall each appoint one |
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| 20 | 20 | | person to serve as a member of the civil service commission that |
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| 21 | 21 | | administers the system. In a county with a population of 2.8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | million or more, if a majority of the employees voting at the |
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| 23 | 23 | | election approve the creation of a sheriff's department civil |
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| 24 | 24 | | service system, the sheriff, commissioners court, and district |
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| 25 | 25 | | attorney shall each appoint two persons to serve as members of the |
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| 26 | 26 | | civil service commission that administers the system, and the three |
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| 27 | 27 | | appointing authorities shall appoint one member by joint action |
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| 28 | 28 | | requiring the affirmative vote of each of the authorities. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a-1) In a county with a population of one million or more in |
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| 30 | 30 | | which more than 80 percent of the population resides in a single |
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| 31 | 31 | | municipality, the employee organization representing the majority |
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| 32 | 32 | | of sheriff department employees shall appoint two persons to serve |
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| 33 | 33 | | as members of the civil service commission that administers the |
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| 34 | 34 | | system in addition to the appointments by the sheriff, |
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| 35 | 35 | | commissioners court, and district attorney. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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