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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
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. |