By: Alvarado (Senate Sponsor - Gallegos)	H.B. No. 2516
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2011;
	May 5, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Intergovernmental Relations; May 20, 2011, reported adversely,
	with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5,
	Nays 0; May 20, 2011, sent to printer.)
	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2516	By:  Gallegos

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the appeal of an indefinite suspension of a municipal
	firefighter.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 143.120, Local Government Code, is
	amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
	(c-1)  A temporary suspension of a firefighter under
	Subsection (c)(2) may not exceed 90 calendar days.
	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.
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