Bill Text: TX HB3551 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to positions that are exempt from a sheriff's department civil service system in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-06 - Left pending in committee [HB3551 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3551-Introduced.html
By: Garza | H.B. No. 3551 |
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relating to positions that are exempt from a sheriff's department | ||
civil service system in certain counties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 158.038, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) The sheriff of a county with a population of 3.3 million | ||
or less to which Subsection (b-1) does not apply may designate as | ||
exempt from the civil service system: | ||
(1) the position of chief deputy; | ||
(2) four positions of major deputy; | ||
(3) one or more positions in the office of | ||
departmental legal counsel; and | ||
(4) additional positions in the department; provided, | ||
however, that the sheriff may not designate as exempt a total of | ||
more than 10 positions. | ||
(b-1) The sheriff of a county with a population of more than | ||
1.5 million in which more than 75 percent of the population lives in | ||
a single municipality may designate a total of 12 or fewer positions | ||
in the sheriff's department as exempt from the civil service | ||
system, including: | ||
(1) the position of chief deputy; | ||
(2) four or fewer positions of major deputy; and | ||
(3) one or more positions in the office of | ||
departmental legal counsel. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |