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| 1 | 1 | By: Muñoz H.B. No. 2175 | |
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| 6 | 6 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 7 | 7 | AN ACT | |
| 8 | 8 | relating to the authority of a municipality to prohibit police or | |
| 9 | 9 | fire department employees from circulating or signing certain | |
| 10 | 10 | employment petitions. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Chapter 150, Local Government Code, is amended | |
| 13 | 13 | by adding Subchapter Z to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | SUBCHAPTER Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS | |
| 15 | 15 | Sec. 150.901. AUTHORITY TO PROHIBIT POLICE OR FIRE | |
| 16 | 16 | DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES FROM CIRCULATING OR SIGNING CERTAIN | |
| 17 | 17 | PETITIONS. A municipality may not adopt or enforce a charter | |
| 18 | 18 | provision, ordinance, policy, or other measure that prohibits an | |
| 19 | 19 | employee of the municipality's police or fire department from | |
| 20 | 20 | circulating or signing a petition authorized by Chapter 142, 143, | |
| 21 | 21 | or 174. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 23 | 23 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 24 | 24 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |