S.B. No. 772
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to conditions of employment for certain peace officers.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 142.051, Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 142.051.  APPLICABILITY.  (a)  Except as provided by
  Subsection (b), this subchapter applies only to [a municipality]:
               (1)  a municipality, and a police officer in a
  municipality, with a population of 50,000 or more; [or]
               (2)  a municipality, and a police officer in a
  municipality, that has adopted Chapter 143; or
               (3)  a police officer not covered by a collective
  bargaining agreement adopted under Chapter 174 in a municipality
  that has adopted Chapter 174 for police officers in the police
  department, and the municipality that appoints or employs such a
  police officer.
         (b)  This subchapter does not apply to [a municipality that]:
               (1)  a police officer who is covered by a collective
  bargaining agreement [has] adopted under Chapter 174;
               (2)  a police officer who is covered by an agreement
  adopted under Subchapter H, I, or J, Chapter 143; [or]
               (3)  a municipality that has a population of one
  million or more and has not adopted Chapter 143; or
               (4)  a municipality that has adopted Subchapter I,
  Chapter 143, in an election authorized by Section 143.3015.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 772 passed the Senate on
  April 27, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2; and that
  the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 24, 2007, by the
  following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 772 passed the House, with
  amendments, on May 17, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 144,
  Nays 0, two present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor