88R11707 MZM-D
By: Tepper H.B. No. 2896
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of certain counties to create a civil
service system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 158.002, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 158.002. ELIGIBLE COUNTIES. A county with a
population of 500,000 [190,000] or more may, in accordance with
this subchapter, create a county civil service system to include
all the employees of the county who are not exempted from the system
by the express terms or judicial interpretations of this subchapter
or by the operation of Subchapter B.
SECTION 2. Section 158.0025(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) This section applies only to a county with a population
of 500,000 [190,000] or more, other than:
(1) a county that has created a civil service system
under this subchapter to include those employees of the county
described by Section 158.002; or
(2) a county in which the sheriff's department is
eligible to create a civil service system under Subchapter B.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
the eligibility of a county to create a civil service system on or
after the effective date of this Act. The eligibility of a county
to create a civil service system before the effective date of this
Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the system was
created, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.