Bill Text: TX HB2606 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Relating to an entrance examination for a position in a fire department of certain municipalities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-17 - Withdrawn from schedule [HB2606 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB2606-Introduced.html

---

By: McClendon H.B. No. 2606

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an entrance examination for a position in a fire
department of certain municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 143.025, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (g) and adding Subsection (g-1) to
read as follows:
(g) Except as provided by Subsection (g-1), an [An]
applicant may not take the examination for a particular eligibility
list more than once.
(g-1) An applicant for a beginning position in a fire
department in a municipality with a population of more than 1.3
million and less than two million may take a second entrance
examination not later than the 30th day after the date of the first
examination. The commission shall administer the second
examination in a manner consistent with this section. The
examination with the higher grade is the examination used for
purposes of this section.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an entrance examination administered on or after the effective
date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect
September 1, 2013.