| 1 | 1 | | 84R11034 TSR-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Whitmire S.B. No. 1256 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to notice requirements for certain meetings or hearings in |
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| 8 | 8 | | fire or police departments in certain municipalities. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 143.1014, Local Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 143.1014. NOTICE REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN MEETINGS OR |
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| 13 | 13 | | HEARINGS. (a) The department shall provide to a fire fighter or |
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| 14 | 14 | | police officer notice of the time and location of a meeting or |
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| 15 | 15 | | hearing not later than the 48th hour before the hour on which the |
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| 16 | 16 | | meeting or hearing is held if the meeting or hearing is: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) related to an internal departmental or other |
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| 18 | 18 | | municipal investigation of the fire fighter or police officer at |
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| 19 | 19 | | which the fire fighter or police officer is required or entitled to |
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| 20 | 20 | | be present, including an interrogation under Section 143.123; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) related to a grievance filed by the fire fighter or |
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| 22 | 22 | | police officer under Sections 143.127 through 143.134; or |
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| 23 | 23 | | (3) an opportunity to respond to charges against the |
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| 24 | 24 | | fire fighter or police officer before the department terminates the |
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| 25 | 25 | | fire fighter's or police officer's employment. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (b) The notice required to be provided to a fire fighter |
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| 27 | 27 | | under Subsection (a) must be personally delivered to the fire |
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| 28 | 28 | | fighter or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, to |
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| 29 | 29 | | the last home address provided by the fire fighter. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (c) A fire fighter or police officer may waive the notice |
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| 31 | 31 | | prescribed by this section. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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| 33 | 33 | | 143.1014, Local Government Code, applies to a notice required to be |
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| 34 | 34 | | provided under that section on or after the effective date of this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act. A notice required to be provided before the effective date of |
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| 36 | 36 | | this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the |
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| 37 | 37 | | effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in |
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| 38 | 38 | | effect for that purpose. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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