83R10380 ATP-D
By: Van de Putte S.B. No. 1355
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the period for which eligibility lists for beginning
positions in certain municipal fire or police departments are
effective.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 143.025(l), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(l) This subsection applies only to [In] a municipality
with a population of more than 1.3 million and less than 2 million.
An[, an] examination for a beginning position in the fire
department may include testing instruments to be used in addition
to the written examination in the establishment of the initial
eligibility list. Notwithstanding Subsection (h), the commission
shall keep each eligibility list for a beginning position in the
fire and police departments in effect for a period of not less than
six months or more than 24 months, unless the names of all
applicants on the list have been referred to the appropriate
department. The commission shall determine the length of the
period. The commission shall give new examinations at times the
commission considers necessary to provide required staffing for
scheduled fire or police training academies.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.