| 1 | 1 | | 82R8923 EAH-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Alvarado H.B. No. 3035 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the grievance procedure for firefighters and police |
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| 8 | 8 | | officers in certain municipalities. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 143.127(a), Local Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, a fire |
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| 13 | 13 | | fighter or police officer may file a grievance as provided by this |
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| 14 | 14 | | subchapter that relates to any aspect of the fire fighter's or |
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| 15 | 15 | | police officer's compensation, benefits, or conditions of |
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| 16 | 16 | | employment not otherwise covered by an agreement created under |
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| 17 | 17 | | Subchapter J or Chapter 174 [this chapter]. The fire fighter or |
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| 18 | 18 | | police officer may not file a grievance relating to: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) a disciplinary suspension, indefinite suspension, |
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| 20 | 20 | | promotional pass over, or demotion or other action or decision for |
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| 21 | 21 | | which a hearing, review, or appeal is otherwise provided by this |
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| 22 | 22 | | chapter; or |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) an allegation of discrimination based, in whole or |
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| 24 | 24 | | in part, on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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| 26 | 26 | | 143.127(a), Local Government Code, applies only to a grievance |
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| 27 | 27 | | filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A grievance filed |
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| 28 | 28 | | before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
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| 29 | 29 | | effect on the date the grievance was filed, and the former law is |
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| 30 | 30 | | continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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