84R26366 TSR-F
By: Alvarado H.B. No. 3033
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3033:
By: Bernal C.S.H.B. No. 3033
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the disciplinary suspension of a municipal firefighter
in certain municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 143.117, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) Not later than the 180th day after the date the
department discovers or becomes aware of the civil service rule
violation for which a fire fighter is suspended, notice of the
suspension of the fire fighter must be:
(1) personally delivered to the fire fighter; or
(2) sent by certified mail, return receipt requested,
to the last home address provided by the fire fighter.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a suspension of a firefighter that occurs on or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.