84R9274 PAM-F
By: Anchia H.B. No. 1994
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to entrance examinations for applicants for beginning
positions in a municipal police department.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 143.025, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (f-1) and amending Subsection (i) to
read as follows:
(f-1) An additional five points may be added to the
examination grade of an applicant for a beginning position in the
police department who successfully completed a career and technical
education program in criminal justice that is:
(1) approved by the State Board of Education; and
(2) offered by a high school located in the
municipality in which the applicant is seeking employment.
(i) The grade to be placed on the eligibility list for each
applicant shall be computed by adding an applicant's points under
Subsection (f) and (f-1), if any, to the applicant's grade on the
written examination. Each applicant's grade on the written
examination is based on a maximum grade of 100 percent and is
determined entirely by the correctness of the applicant's answers
to the questions. The minimum passing grade on the examination is 70
percent. An applicant must pass the examination to be placed on an
eligibility list.
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, 2015.