H.B. No. 1488

	AN ACT
	relating to examinations for hiring in certain municipal fire
	departments.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 143.025, Local Government Code, is
	amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (l) to
	read as follows:
	(b)  An eligibility list for a beginning position in the fire
	or police department may be created only as a result of a
	competitive examination held in the presence of each applicant for
	the position, except as provided by Subsections (d), [and] (e), and
	(l). The examination must be based on the person's general
	knowledge and aptitude and must inquire into the applicant's
	general education and mental ability. A person may not be appointed
	to the fire or police department except as a result of the
	examination.
	(l)  In a municipality with a population of more than 1.3
	million and less than 2 million, an examination for a beginning
	position in the fire department may include testing instruments to
	be used in addition to the written examination in the establishment
	of the initial eligibility list.
	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.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1488 was passed by the House on April
	26, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 106, Nays 42, 2 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1488 was passed by the Senate on May
	17, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor