Bill Text: TX HB2896 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of certain counties to create a civil service system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-14 - Referred to County Affairs [HB2896 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2896-Introduced.html
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By: Tepper | H.B. No. 2896 |
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relating to the eligibility of certain counties to create a civil | ||
service system. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 158.002, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 158.002. ELIGIBLE COUNTIES. A county with a | ||
population of 500,000 [ |
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this subchapter, create a county civil service system to include | ||
all the employees of the county who are not exempted from the system | ||
by the express terms or judicial interpretations of this subchapter | ||
or by the operation of Subchapter B. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 158.0025(a), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) This section applies only to a county with a population | ||
of 500,000 [ |
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(1) a county that has created a civil service system | ||
under this subchapter to include those employees of the county | ||
described by Section 158.002; or | ||
(2) a county in which the sheriff's department is | ||
eligible to create a civil service system under Subchapter B. | ||
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
the eligibility of a county to create a civil service system on or | ||
after the effective date of this Act. The eligibility of a county | ||
to create a civil service system before the effective date of this | ||
Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the system was | ||
created, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |