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| 1 | 1 | 84R4478 TSR-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Dutton H.B. No. 674 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to permitting a residency requirement for police officers | |
| 8 | 8 | in certain municipalities. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 150.021(b), Local Government Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (b) The prohibition under Subsection (a) does not apply to | |
| 13 | 13 | residency requirements for: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) candidates for or holders of a municipal office, | |
| 15 | 15 | including a position on the governing body of the municipality; | |
| 16 | 16 | [or] | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) municipal department heads appointed by the mayor | |
| 18 | 18 | or governing body of the municipality; or | |
| 19 | 19 | (3) peace officers as defined by Article 2.12, Code of | |
| 20 | 20 | Criminal Procedure, or other law, employed by a municipality with a | |
| 21 | 21 | population of two million or more. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 23 | 23 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 24 | 24 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |