Bill Text: TX SB1351 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the civil service status of emergency medical services personnel in certain municipalities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-22 - Referred to Intergovernmental Relations [SB1351 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1351-Introduced.html
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| By: Watson | S.B. No. 1351 | |
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| relating to the civil service status of emergency medical services | ||
| personnel in certain municipalities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 143, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subchapter K to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER K. CIVIL SERVICE STATUS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES | ||
| PERSONNEL IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES | ||
| Sec. 143.401. APPLICABILITY. (a) This subchapter applies | ||
| only to a municipality: | ||
| (1) with a population of 460,000 or more that operates | ||
| under a city manager form of government; and | ||
| (2) that employs emergency medical services personnel | ||
| in a municipal department other than the fire department. | ||
| (b) In this subchapter, "emergency medical services | ||
| personnel" has the meaning assigned by Section 773.003, Health and | ||
| Safety Code. The term applies only to an individual certified under | ||
| Chapter 773, Health and Safety Code. | ||
| Sec. 143.402. ELECTION TO ADOPT OR REPEAL SUBCHAPTER. (a) | ||
| A municipality may hold an election to adopt or repeal this | ||
| subchapter as provided by this section. | ||
| (b) If the governing body of the municipality receives a | ||
| petition requesting an election that is signed by a number of | ||
| registered voters who reside in the municipality equal to at least | ||
| 10 percent of the number of voters who voted in the most recent | ||
| municipal general election, the governing body shall order an | ||
| election submitting to the voters the question of whether this | ||
| subchapter should be adopted. The election must be held on the first | ||
| authorized uniform election date prescribed by Chapter 41, Election | ||
| Code, that occurs after the petition is filed and that allows | ||
| sufficient time to comply with other requirements of law. | ||
| (c) The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or | ||
| against the proposition: "Adoption of the emergency medical | ||
| services personnel civil service law." If a majority of the votes | ||
| received in the election favor adoption of this subchapter, the | ||
| governing body shall implement this subchapter. | ||
| (d) A petition for a subsequent election to be held under | ||
| Subsection (b) may not be filed for at least one year after the date | ||
| of a previous election under that subsection. To be valid, a | ||
| petition for a subsequent election must contain the signatures of a | ||
| number of registered voters who reside in the municipality equal to | ||
| at least 20 percent of the number of voters who voted in the most | ||
| recent municipal general election. Any subsequent election must be | ||
| held at the next municipal general election that occurs after the | ||
| petition is filed. | ||
| (e) If the governing body of a municipality that has | ||
| operated under this subchapter for at least one year receives a | ||
| petition requesting an election to repeal this subchapter that is | ||
| signed by at least 10 percent of the registered voters who reside in | ||
| the municipality, the governing body shall order an election | ||
| submitting to the voters the question of whether this subchapter | ||
| should be repealed. If a majority of the votes received favor repeal | ||
| of this subchapter, this subchapter is void in that municipality. | ||
| Sec. 143.403. STATUS OF EMPLOYEES IF SUBCHAPTER ADOPTED. | ||
| (a) Each person who is employed for more than six months as | ||
| emergency medical services personnel serving in a municipality at | ||
| the time this subchapter is adopted in the municipality and who is | ||
| entitled to civil service classification has the status of a civil | ||
| service employee and is not required to take a competitive | ||
| examination to remain in the position the person occupies at the | ||
| time of the adoption. | ||
| (b) On adoption of this subchapter, the governing body of | ||
| the municipality employing emergency medical services personnel | ||
| shall classify the personnel in accordance with Section 143.021 and | ||
| the duties performed by the personnel. | ||
| (c) To the extent it can be made applicable, each provision | ||
| of this chapter, including the provisions relating to eligibility | ||
| lists, examinations, promotions, appointments, educational | ||
| incentive pay, longevity or seniority pay, certification pay, | ||
| assignment pay, salary, vacation leave, and disciplinary appeals, | ||
| applies to emergency medical services personnel covered by this | ||
| subchapter. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
