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