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                                                                  H.B. No. 148




AN ACT

relating to the probationary period of persons appointed to 
beginning positions in certain fire or police departments.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 143.027(a), Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A person appointed to a beginning position in the fire 
or police department must serve a probationary period of one year 
beginning on that person's date of employment as a fire fighter, 
police officer, or academy trainee.  In a municipality with a 
population less than 1.9 million, the commission by rule may extend 
the probationary period by not longer than six months for persons 
who:
		(1)  are not employed by a department in which a 
collective bargaining agreement or meet-and-confer agreement 
currently exists or previously existed; and
		(2)  must attend a basic training academy necessary for 
initial certification by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection or 
the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act to Section 
143.027(a), Local Government Code, applies only in relation to a 
person whose date of employment for purposes of that law is on or 
after the effective date of this Act.  A person whose date of 
employment for purposes of that law is before the effective date of 
this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the 
effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in 
effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  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, 2005.




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 148 was passed by the House on April 
22, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 137, Nays 1, 2 present, not 
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. 
No. 148 on May 27, 2005, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	
I certify that H.B. No. 148 was passed by the Senate, with 
amendments, on May 25, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 
0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                      Secretary of the Senate   



APPROVED: __________________                                                
 
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              Governor