82R9094 TJB-F
By: Gonzalez H.B. No. 1948
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. Sections 158.034(a) and (c), Local Government
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) In a county with a population of less than 3.3 [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 shall appoint two persons and the[,]
commissioners court, [and] district attorney, and employee
organization representing the majority of sheriff's department
employees 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 3.3 [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.
(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 3.3 [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 with a
population of 3.3 [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 with a population of less than 3.3
million to which Section 158.034, Local Government Code, as amended
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.