Bill Text: TX HB263 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to entrance examinations for applicants for beginning positions in fire and police departments in certain municipalities.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-13 - Filed [HB263 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB263-Introduced.html
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| By: Gervin-Hawkins | H.B. No. 263 | |
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| relating to entrance examinations for applicants for beginning | ||
| positions in fire and police departments in certain municipalities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 143.025, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (f-1) and amending Subsection (i) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (f-1) In a municipality with a population of more than 1.3 | ||
| million and less than 2 million, an additional five points shall be | ||
| added to the examination grade of an applicant who: | ||
| (1) is a resident of the municipality in which the | ||
| applicant seeks employment; | ||
| (2) has resided in the municipality continuously for | ||
| at least one year before taking the examination; and | ||
| (3) receives a passing grade on the examination. | ||
| (i) The grade to be placed on the eligibility list for each | ||
| applicant shall be computed by adding an applicant's points under | ||
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| grade on the written examination. Each applicant's grade on the | ||
| written examination is based on a maximum grade of 100 percent and | ||
| is determined entirely by the correctness of the applicant's | ||
| answers to the questions. The minimum passing grade on the | ||
| examination is 70 percent. An applicant must pass the examination | ||
| to be placed on an eligibility list. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 143.025, Local Government Code, as | ||
| amended by this Act, applies only to an examination administered on | ||
| or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
