| 1 | 1 | | 88R769 MP-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Cole, Goodwin, Flores, Howard, Talarico, H.B. No. 1171 |
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| 3 | 3 | | et al. |
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| 5 | 5 | | |
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| 6 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | relating to applicability of civil service status to emergency |
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| 9 | 9 | | medical services personnel in certain municipalities. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 143.401(a), Local Government Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) This subchapter applies only to a municipality: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) with a population of 460,000 or more that: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (A) operates under a city manager form of |
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| 16 | 16 | | government; or |
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| 17 | 17 | | (B) operated under a city manager form of |
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| 18 | 18 | | government on the date the municipality adopted this subchapter; |
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| 19 | 19 | | and |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) that employs emergency medical services personnel |
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| 21 | 21 | | in a municipal department other than the fire department. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 23 | 23 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 24 | 24 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 26 | 26 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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