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| 1 | 1 | 82R13835 PAM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Martinez H.B. No. 3736 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to appointment of a department head of a fire or police | |
| 8 | 8 | department in certain municipalities. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 143.013, Local Government Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (b-1) The city manager of a municipality may not be | |
| 13 | 13 | appointed as department head of a fire or police department unless | |
| 14 | 14 | the city manager satisfies the qualifications for appointment | |
| 15 | 15 | appropriate for the position provided by Subsection (b). | |
| 16 | 16 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 17 | 17 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 18 | 18 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 19 | 19 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 20 | 20 | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |