81R26427 SLB-F
By: Castro H.B. No. 2508
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2508:
By: Marquez C.S.H.B. No. 2508
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the sheriff's department civil service commission
appointments in certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 158.034, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to
read as follows:
(a) In a county with a population of less than 2.8 million
other than a county to which Subsection (a-1) applies, if a majority
of the employees voting at the election approve the creation of a
sheriff's department civil service system, the sheriff,
commissioners court, and district attorney shall each appoint one
person to serve as a member of the civil service commission that
administers the system. In a county with a population of 2.8
million or more, if a majority of the employees voting at the
election approve the creation of a sheriff's department civil
service system, the sheriff, commissioners court, and district
attorney shall each appoint two persons to serve as members of the
civil service commission that administers the system, and the three
appointing authorities shall appoint one member by joint action
requiring the affirmative vote of each of the authorities.
(a-1) In a county with a population of one million or more in
which more than 80 percent of the population resides in a single
municipality, the employee organization representing the majority
of sheriff department employees shall appoint two persons to serve
as members of the civil service commission that administers the
system in addition to the appointments by the sheriff,
commissioners court, and district attorney.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.