| 1 | 1 | | 89R9715 MZM-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hancock S.B. No. 1331 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the repeal of a municipal civil service system for |
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| 10 | 10 | | firefighters and police officers in certain municipalities. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 143.004(e), Local Government Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (e) If the governing body of a municipality with a |
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| 15 | 15 | | population of less than 70,000 [950,000] that has operated under |
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| 16 | 16 | | this chapter for at least one year receives a petition requesting an |
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| 17 | 17 | | election to repeal this chapter that is signed by at least 10 |
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| 18 | 18 | | percent of the qualified voters of the municipality, the governing |
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| 19 | 19 | | body shall order an election submitting to the voters the question |
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| 20 | 20 | | on whether this chapter should be repealed. If a majority of the |
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| 21 | 21 | | qualified voters vote to repeal this chapter, this chapter is void |
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| 22 | 22 | | in that municipality. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 24 | 24 | | to a petition for which an election has not been ordered before the |
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| 25 | 25 | | effective date of this Act. A petition for which an election has |
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| 26 | 26 | | been ordered before the effective date of this Act is governed by |
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| 27 | 27 | | the law in effect when the election was ordered, and the former law |
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| 28 | 28 | | is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 30 | 30 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 31 | 31 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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