82R5945 TJB-F
By: Castro H.B. No. 1191
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 Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection
(a-1) to read as follows:
(a) Subject to Subsection (a-1), in [In] a county with a
population of less than 2.8 million, 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) If the county has a population of one million or more
and more than 80 percent of the population resides in a single
municipality, the sheriff shall appoint two persons to serve as
members of the civil service commission that administers the
system, and the commissioners court, district attorney, and
employee organization representing the majority of sheriff's
department employees shall each appoint one person.
(c) Each member of the commission is appointed for a term of
two years. However, the initial members of the commission in a
county with a population of less than 2.8 million shall determine by
lot which two of them will serve a term of two years and which one of
them will serve a term of one year. In a county described by
Subsection (a-1), the initial members of the commission shall
determine by lot which three of them will serve a term of two years
and which two of them will serve a term of one year. In a county
with a population of 2.8 million or more:
(1) the initial member appointed jointly under
Subsection (a) serves a term of two years; and
(2) the initial members appointed by each individual
appointing authority shall determine by lot which one of the two
initial members appointed by the appointing authority will serve a
term of two years and which initial member appointed by that
authority will serve a term of one year.
SECTION 2. In a county to which Section 158.034(a-1), Local
Government Code, as added by this Act, applies and in which a
sheriff's department civil service system commission exists before
the effective date of this Act, the sheriff and the employee
organization shall each appoint one member to the commission. The
five members composed of the current three members and the two new
members shall then determine by agreement or lot which three of them
will serve a term of two years and which two of them will serve a
term of one year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.