Bill Text: TX HB1351 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to eligibility requirements for arbitrators selected to hear certain disciplinary appeals filed by police officers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-05 - Referred to County Affairs [HB1351 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1351-Introduced.html
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By: Minjarez | H.B. No. 1351 |
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relating to eligibility requirements for arbitrators selected to | ||
hear certain disciplinary appeals filed by police officers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 180, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 180.008 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 180.008. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ARBITRATORS OF | ||
CERTAIN DISCIPLINARY APPEAL HEARINGS FOR POLICE OFFICERS. (a) An | ||
arbitrator selected to hear an appeal of the disciplinary | ||
suspension or dismissal of a municipal police officer, deputy | ||
sheriff, deputy constable, or other police officer, including an | ||
appeal under Section 143.057 or 143.1016 or under a collective | ||
bargaining, meet and confer, or other similar agreement, must be a | ||
resident of and an attorney licensed to practice law in this state. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, including Section | ||
142.067, 143.307, 143.361, 147.004, 174.005, or 174.006, a | ||
collective bargaining, meet and confer, or other similar agreement | ||
may not conflict with this section. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 180.008(a), Local Government Code, as | ||
added by this Act, applies only to an arbitrator selected to hear a | ||
disciplinary appeal that is initiated on or after the effective | ||
date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 180.008(b), Local Government Code, as | ||
added by this Act, applies only to an agreement entered into or | ||
renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |