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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the sheriff's department civil service commission |
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appointments in certain counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 158.034, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection |
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(a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a) Subject to Subsection (a-1), in [In] a county with a |
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population of less than 2.8 million, if a majority of the employees |
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voting at the election approve the creation of a sheriff's |
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department civil service system, the sheriff, commissioners court, |
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and district attorney shall each appoint one person to serve as a |
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member of the civil service commission that administers the system. |
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In a county with a population of 2.8 million or more, if a majority |
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of the employees voting at the election approve the creation of a |
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sheriff's department civil service system, the sheriff, |
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commissioners court, and district attorney shall each appoint two |
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persons to serve as members of the civil service commission that |
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administers the system, and the three appointing authorities shall |
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appoint one member by joint action requiring the affirmative vote |
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of each of the authorities. |
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(a-1) If the county has a population of one million or more |
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and more than 80 percent of the population resides in a single |
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municipality, the sheriff shall appoint two persons to serve as |
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members of the civil service commission that administers the |
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system, and the commissioners court, district attorney, and |
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employee organization representing the majority of sheriff's |
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department employees shall each appoint one person. |
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(c) Each member of the commission is appointed for a term of |
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two years. However, the initial members of the commission in a |
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county with a population of less than 2.8 million shall determine by |
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lot which two of them will serve a term of two years and which one of |
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them will serve a term of one year. In a county described by |
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Subsection (a-1), the initial members of the commission shall |
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determine by lot which three of them will serve a term of two years |
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and which two of them will serve a term of one year. In a county |
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with a population of 2.8 million or more: |
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(1) the initial member appointed jointly under |
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Subsection (a) serves a term of two years; and |
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(2) the initial members appointed by each individual |
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appointing authority shall determine by lot which one of the two |
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initial members appointed by the appointing authority will serve a |
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term of two years and which initial member appointed by that |
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authority will serve a term of one year. |
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SECTION 2. In a county to which Section 158.034(a-1), Local |
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Government Code, as added by this Act, applies and in which a |
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sheriff's department civil service system commission exists before |
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the effective date of this Act, the sheriff and the employee |
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organization shall each appoint one member to the commission. The |
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five members composed of the current three members and the two new |
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members shall then determine by agreement or lot which three of them |
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will serve a term of two years and which two of them will serve a |
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term of one year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |