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| 1 | 1 | 89R15202 MP-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Johnson S.B. No. 2301 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to municipal charters that set a minimum or maximum number | |
| 10 | 10 | of municipal employees. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Chapter 9, Local Government Code, is amended by | |
| 13 | 13 | adding Section 9.009 to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 9.009. PROHIBITION ON CHARTER PROVISIONS RELATED TO | |
| 15 | 15 | NUMBER OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES. (a) A charter may not require the | |
| 16 | 16 | municipality or a department of the municipality to employ a | |
| 17 | 17 | minimum or maximum number of employees, including peace officers | |
| 18 | 18 | and firefighters. | |
| 19 | 19 | (b) Any provision of a charter that violates Subsection (a) | |
| 20 | 20 | is void. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 22 | 22 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 23 | 23 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |