Texas 2023 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2782 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/23/2023

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                    88R10233 MZM-D
 By: Shine H.B. No. 2782


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the age limit for a beginning position in a fire
 department under municipal civil service.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Sections 143.023(a) and (c), Local Government
 Code, are amended to read as follows:
 (a)  A person may not take an entrance examination for a
 beginning position in a [the] police or fire department unless the
 person is at least 18 years of age.  [A person may not take an
 entrance examination for a beginning position in the fire
 department unless the person is at least 18 years of age but not 36
 years of age or older.]
 (c)  A person who is 45 years of age or older may not be
 certified for a beginning position in a police or fire department.
 SECTION 2.  Section 143.083(a), Local Government Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (a)  If a municipality is unable to recruit qualified fire
 fighters or police officers because of the maximum age limit
 prescribed by Section 143.023 and the municipality's governing body
 finds that this inability creates an emergency, the commission
 shall recommend to the governing body additional rules governing
 the temporary employment of persons who are 45 [36] years of age or
 older.
 SECTION 3.  Section 143.023(b), Local Government Code, is
 repealed.
 SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 Act takes effect September 1, 2023.