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| 1 | 1 | 86R13525 SCL-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Bernal H.B. No. 3448 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the application of whistleblower protection laws to | |
| 8 | 8 | certain appointed municipal officers. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 554.001(4), Government Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (4) "Public employee" means: | |
| 13 | 13 | (A) an employee or appointed officer other than | |
| 14 | 14 | an independent contractor who is paid to perform services for a | |
| 15 | 15 | state or local governmental entity; or | |
| 16 | 16 | (B) an appointed officer who is an independent | |
| 17 | 17 | contractor paid to perform services for a general-law municipality. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 19 | 19 | to a report by a public employee of a violation of law that is made | |
| 20 | 20 | on or after the effective date of this Act. A report by a public | |
| 21 | 21 | employee of a violation of law made before the effective date of | |
| 22 | 22 | this Act is governed by the law in effect when that report is made, | |
| 23 | 23 | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 25 | 25 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 26 | 26 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 27 | 27 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 28 | 28 | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |