84R11024 TSR-F
By: Whitmire S.B. No. 1257
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) Notice of the suspension of a fire fighter must be
personally served on the fire fighter not later than the 180th day
after the date the department discovers or becomes aware of the
civil service rule violation for which the fire fighter is
suspended.
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.