| 1 | 1 | | 88R11707 MZM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Tepper H.B. No. 2896 |
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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 the eligibility of certain counties to create a civil |
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| 8 | 8 | | service system. |
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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 158.002, Local Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 158.002. ELIGIBLE COUNTIES. A county with a |
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| 13 | 13 | | population of 500,000 [190,000] or more may, in accordance with |
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| 14 | 14 | | this subchapter, create a county civil service system to include |
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| 15 | 15 | | all the employees of the county who are not exempted from the system |
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| 16 | 16 | | by the express terms or judicial interpretations of this subchapter |
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| 17 | 17 | | or by the operation of Subchapter B. |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 2. Section 158.0025(a), Local Government Code, is |
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| 19 | 19 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (a) This section applies only to a county with a population |
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| 21 | 21 | | of 500,000 [190,000] or more, other than: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) a county that has created a civil service system |
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| 23 | 23 | | under this subchapter to include those employees of the county |
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| 24 | 24 | | described by Section 158.002; or |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) a county in which the sheriff's department is |
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| 26 | 26 | | eligible to create a civil service system under Subchapter B. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 28 | 28 | | the eligibility of a county to create a civil service system on or |
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| 29 | 29 | | after the effective date of this Act. The eligibility of a county |
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| 30 | 30 | | to create a civil service system before the effective date of this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the system was |
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| 32 | 32 | | created, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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