By: Uresti S.B. No. 1253
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to positions that are exempt from a sheriff's department
civil service system in certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 158.038, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to
read as follows:
(b) The sheriff of a county with a population of 3.3 million
or less to which Subsection (b-1) does not apply may designate as
exempt from the civil service system:
(1) the position of chief deputy;
(2) four positions of major deputy;
(3) one or more positions in the office of
departmental legal counsel; and
(4) additional positions in the department; provided,
however, that the sheriff may not designate as exempt a total of
more than 10 positions.
(b-1) The sheriff of a county with a population of more than
1.5 million in which more than 75 percent of the population lives in
a single municipality may designate a total of 12 or fewer positions
in the sheriff's department as exempt from the civil service
system, including:
(1) the position of chief deputy;
(2) four or fewer positions of major deputy; and
(3) one or more positions in the office of
departmental legal counsel.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.