S.B. No. 461
AN ACT
relating to eligibility to take the entrance examination for a
beginning position in the fire department.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 143.023, Local
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) A person may not take an entrance examination for a
beginning position in the [fire or] police department unless the
person is at least 18 years of age. A person may not take an
entrance examination for a beginning position in the fire
department unless the person is at least 18 years of age but not 36
years of age or older.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Subsection
(a), Section 143.023, Local Government Code, applies only to an
entrance examination given on or after the effective date of this
Act.
SECTION 3. 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, 2009.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 461 passed the Senate on
April 2, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 461 passed the House on
May 19, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 3, one
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor