SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 143.001 - Purpose
(a) The purpose of this chapter is to secure efficient fire and police departments composed of capable personnel who are free from political influence and...
- Texas Section 143.002 - Municipalities Covered By Chapter
(a) This chapter applies only to a municipality: (1) that: (A) has a population of 10,000 or more; (B) has a paid fire department or...
- Texas Section 143.003 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the Fire Fighters' and Police Officers' Civil Service Commission. (2) "Department head" means the chief or head of a...
- Texas Section 143.004 - Election To Adopt Or Repeal Chapter
(a) A municipality may hold an election to adopt or repeal this chapter as provided by this section. (b) If the governing body of the...
- Texas Section 143.005 - Status Of Employees If Chapter Adopted
(a) Each fire fighter or police officer serving in a municipality that adopts this chapter and who has been in the service of the municipality...
- Texas Section 143.0051 - Status Of Employees In Certain Fire Departments
(a) This section applies only to a fire department employee employed by a municipality with a population of 220,000 or more. This section does not...
- Texas Section 143.0051 - Status Of Employees In Certain Fire Departments
(a) This section applies only to a fire department employee employed by a municipality with a population of 150,000 or more and with a governing...
- Texas Section 143.0052 - Fee For Emergency Medical Services
(a) This section applies only to a municipality that: (1) has a population of more than 220,000 and less than 250,000; (2) is located in...
- Texas Section 143.006 - Implementation: Commission
(a) On adoption of this chapter, the Fire Fighters' and Police Officers' Civil Service Commission is established in the municipality. The chief executive of the...
- Texas Section 143.007 - Removal Of Commission Member
(a) If at a meeting held for that purpose the governing body of the municipality finds that a commission member is guilty of misconduct in...
- Texas Section 143.008 - Adoption And Publication Of Rules
(a) A commission shall adopt rules necessary for the proper conduct of commission business. (b) The commission may not adopt a rule permitting the appointment...
- Texas Section 143.009 - Commission Investigations And Inspections
(a) The commission or a commission member designated by the commission may investigate and report on all matters relating to the enforcement and effect of...
- Texas Section 143.010 - Commission Appeal Procedure
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, if a fire fighter or police officer wants to appeal to the commission from an action for...
- Texas Section 143.011 - Decisions And Records
(a) Each concurring commission member shall sign a decision issued by the commission. (b) The commission shall keep records of each hearing or case that...
- Texas Section 143.012 - Director
(a) On adoption of this chapter, the office of Director of Fire Fighters' and Police Officers' Civil Service is established in the municipality. The commission...
- Texas Section 143.013 - Appointment And Removal Of Department Head
(a) Unless elected, each department head is: (1) appointed by the municipality's chief executive and confirmed by the municipality's governing body; or (2) in a...
- Texas Section 143.014 - Appointment And Removal Of Person Classified Immediately Below Department Head
(a) This section does not apply to a municipality with a population of 1.5 million or more. (b) If approved by the governing body of...
- Texas Section 143.015 - Appeal Of Commission Decision To District Court
(a) If a fire fighter or police officer is dissatisfied with any commission decision, the fire fighter or police officer may file a petition in...
SUBCHAPTER B CLASSIFICATION AND APPOINTMENT
- Texas Section 143.016 - Penalty For Violation Of Chapter
(a) A fire fighter or police officer commits an offense if the person violates this chapter. (b) An offense under this section or Section 143.009...
- Texas Section 143.021 - Classification; Examination Requirement
(a) The commission shall provide for the classification of all fire fighters and police officers. The municipality's governing body shall establish the classifications by ordinance....
- Texas Section 143.022 - Physical Requirements And Examinations
(a) The commission shall set the age and physical requirements for applicants for beginning and promotional positions in accordance with this chapter. The requirements must...
- Texas Section 143.023 - Eligibility For Beginning Position
(a) A person may not take an entrance examination for a beginning position in the police department unless the person is at least 18 years...
- Texas Section 143.024 - Entrance Examination Notice
(a) Before the 10th day before the date an entrance examination is held, the commission shall cause a notice of the examination to be posted...
- Texas Section 143.025 - Entrance Examinations
(a) The commission shall provide for open, competitive, and free entrance examinations to provide eligibility lists for beginning positions in the fire and police departments....
- Texas Section 143.0251 - Reappointment After Resignation
The commission may adopt rules to allow a police officer who voluntarily resigns from the department to be reappointed to the department without taking another...
- Texas Section 143.026 - Procedure For Filling Beginning Positions
(a) When a vacancy occurs in a beginning position in a fire or police department, the department head shall request in writing from the commission...
- Texas Section 143.027 - Probationary Period
Sec. 143.027. PROBATIONARY PERIOD. (a) A person appointed to a beginning position in the fire or police department must serve a probationary period of one...
- Texas Section 143.028 - Eligibility For Promotion
(a) Except as provided by Sections 143.013 and 143.102, a fire fighter is not eligible for promotion unless the person has served in that fire...
- Texas Section 143.029 - Promotional Examination Notice
(a) Before the 90th day before the date a promotional examination is held, the commission shall post a notice that lists the sources from which...
- Texas Section 143.030 - Eligibility For Fire Department Promotional Examination
(a) This section does not apply to a municipality with a population of 1.5 million or more. (b) Each promotional examination is open to each...
- Texas Section 143.031 - Eligibility For Police Department Promotional Examination
(a) Each promotional examination is open to each police officer who for at least two years immediately before the examination date has continuously held a...
- Texas Section 143.032 - Promotional Examination Procedure
(a) The commission shall adopt rules governing promotions and shall hold promotional examinations to provide eligibility lists for each classification in the fire and police...
- Texas Section 143.033 - Promotional Examination Grades
(a) The grading of each promotional examination shall begin when one eligible promotional candidate completes the examination. As the eligible promotional candidates finish the examination,...
- Texas Section 143.034 - Review And Appeal Of Promotional Examination
(a) On request, each eligible promotional candidate from the fire or police department is entitled to examine the person's promotional examination and answers, the examination...
- Texas Section 143.035 - Alternate Promotional System In Police Department
(a) This section does not apply to a municipality that has adopted The Fire and Police Employee Relations Act (Article 5154c-1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes)....
- Texas Section 143.036 - Procedure For Making Promotional Appointments
(a) When a vacancy occurs in a nonentry position that is not appointed by the department head as provided by Sections 143.014 and 143.102, the...
- Texas Section 143.037 - Record Of Certification And Appointment
(a) When a person is certified and appointed to a position in the fire or police department, the director shall forward the appointed person's record...
SUBCHAPTER C COMPENSATION
- Texas Section 143.038 - Temporary Duties In Higher Classification
(a) This section does not apply to a municipality with a population of 1.5 million or more. (b) The department head may designate a person...
- Texas Section 143.041 - Salary
(a) This section does not apply to a municipality with a population of 1.5 million or more. (b) Except as provided by Section 143.038, all...
- Texas Section 143.042 - Assignment Pay
(a) This section does not apply to a municipality with a population of 1.5 million or more. (b) The governing body of a municipality may...
- Texas Section 143.043 - Field Training Officer Assignment Pay
(a) In this section, "field training officer" means a member of the police department who is assigned to and performs the duties and responsibilities of...
- Texas Section 143.045 - Accumulation And Payment Of Sick Leave
(a) A permanent or temporary fire fighter or police officer is allowed sick leave with pay accumulated at the rate of 1-1/4 full working days...
- Texas Section 143.046 - Vacations
(a) Each fire fighter or police officer is entitled to earn a minimum of 15 working days' vacation leave with pay in each year. (b)...
SUBCHAPTER D DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS
- Texas Section 143.047 - Shift Differential Pay
(a) The governing body of a municipality may authorize shift differential pay for fire fighters and police officers who work a shift in which more...
- Texas Section 143.051 - Cause For Removal Or Suspension
A commission rule prescribing cause for removal or suspension of a fire fighter or police officer is not valid unless it involves one or more...
- Texas Section 143.052 - Disciplinary Suspensions
(a) This section does not apply to a municipality with a population of 1.5 million or more. (b) The head of the fire or police...
- Texas Section 143.053 - Appeal Of Disciplinary Suspension
(a) This section does not apply to a municipality with a population of 1.5 million or more. (b) If a suspended fire fighter or police...
- Texas Section 143.054 - Demotions
(a) If the head of the fire or police department wants a fire fighter or police officer under his supervision or jurisdiction to be involuntarily...
- Texas Section 143.055 - Uncompensated Duty Of Police Officers
(a) This section does not apply to a municipality with a population of 1.5 million or more. (b) In this section, "uncompensated duty" means days...
- Texas Section 143.056 - Procedures After Felony Indictment Or Misdemeanor Complaint
(a) If a fire fighter or police officer is indicted for a felony or officially charged with the commission of a Class A or B...
SUBCHAPTER E LEAVES
- Texas Section 143.057 - Hearing Examiners
(a) In addition to the other notice requirements prescribed by this chapter, the written notice for a promotional bypass or the letter of disciplinary action,...
- Texas Section 143.071 - Leaves Of Absence; Restriction Prohibited
(a) If a sufficient number of fire fighters or police officers are available to carry out the normal functions of the fire or police department,...
- Texas Section 143.072 - Military Leave Of Absence
(a) On written application of a fire fighter or police officer, the commission shall grant the person a military leave of absence without pay, subject...
- Texas Section 143.073 - Line Of Duty Illness Or Injury Leave Of Absence
(a) A municipality shall provide to a fire fighter or police officer a leave of absence for an illness or injury related to the person's...
- Texas Section 143.074 - Reappointment After Recovery From Disability
With the commission's approval and if otherwise qualified, a fire fighter or police officer who has been certified by a physician selected by a pension...
SUBCHAPTER F MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 143.075 - Military Leave Time Accounts
(a) A municipality shall maintain military leave time accounts for the fire and police departments and must maintain a separate military leave time account for...
- Texas Section 143.081 - Determination Of Physical And Mental Fitness
(a) This section does not apply to a municipality with a population of 1.5 million or more. (b) If a question arises as to whether...
- Texas Section 143.082 - Efficiency Reports
(a) The commission may develop proper procedures and rules for semiannual efficiency reports and grades for each fire fighter or police officer. (b) If the...
- Texas Section 143.083 - Emergency Appointment Of Temporary Fire Fighters And Police Officers
(a) If a municipality is unable to recruit qualified fire fighters or police officers because of the maximum age limit prescribed by Section 143.023 and...
- Texas Section 143.084 - Civil Service Status And Pension Benefits For Certain Fire Fighters And Police Officers
(a) Each fire fighter or police officer who, since December 31, 1969, has been continuously employed as a temporary employee under the provision codified as...
- Texas Section 143.085 - Force Reduction And Reinstatement List
(a) If a municipality's governing body adopts an ordinance that vacates or abolishes a fire or police department position, the fire fighter or police officer...
- Texas Section 143.086 - Political Activities
(a) While in uniform or on active duty, a fire fighter or police officer may not take an active part in another person's political campaign...
- Texas Section 143.087 - Strike Prohibition
(a) A fire fighter or police officer may not engage in a strike against the governmental agency that employs the fire fighter or police officer....
- Texas Section 143.088 - Unlawful Resignation Or Retirement
(a) This section does not apply to a municipality with a population of 1.5 million or more. (b) A person commits an offense if the...
- Texas Section 143.089 - Personnel File
(a) The director or the director's designee shall maintain a personnel file on each fire fighter and police officer. The personnel file must contain any...
SUBCHAPTER G PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MUNICIPALITY WITH POPULATION OF 1.5 MILLION OR MORE AND CERTAIN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES
- Texas Section 143.090 - Release Of Photographs Of Police Officers
A department, commission, or municipality may not release a photograph that depicts a police officer unless: (1) the officer has been charged with an offense...
- Texas Section 143.101 - Subchapter Applicable Primarily To Municipality With Population Of 1
Sec. 143.101. SUBCHAPTER APPLICABLE PRIMARILY TO MUNICIPALITY WITH POPULATION OF 1.5 MILLION OR MORE; APPLICATION OF OTHER SUBCHAPTERS. (a) Except as otherwise provided, this subchapter...
- Texas Section 143.1014 - Notice Requirement For Certain Meetings Or Hearings
(a) The department shall provide to a fire fighter or police officer notice of the time and location of a meeting or hearing not later...
- Texas Section 143.1015 - Commission Appeal Procedure; Subpoena Request
(a) An appeal by a fire fighter or police officer to the commission from an action for which an appeal or review is provided by...
- Texas Section 143.1016 - Hearing Examiners
(a) In addition to the other notice requirements prescribed by this chapter, the letter of disciplinary action issued to a fire fighter or police officer...
- Texas Section 143.1017 - Procedures After Felony Indictment Or Other Crime Of Moral Turpitude
(a) If a fire fighter or police officer is indicted for a felony or officially charged with the commission of any other crime involving moral...
- Texas Section 143.1018 - Ex Parte Communications
(a) While any matter subject to a hearing under this chapter is pending, a person may not, except in giving sworn testimony at the hearing...
- Texas Section 143.102 - Appointment Of Assistant Chief
(a) The head of the fire or police department may appoint a person to a command staff position at the rank of assistant chief as...
- Texas Section 143.103 - Specialized Police Divisions
(a) A peace officer employed by a municipal department in which the peace officer performs duties in a specialized police division, including a person employed...
- Texas Section 143.104 - Examination Procedure
The commission shall adopt rules to standardize the procedures for entrance and promotional examinations. The rules must provide: (1) that each applicant have adequate space...
- Texas Section 143.1041 - Entrance Examination For Beginning Peace Officer Position In Police Department
(a) In this section, "police officer training academy" means a police officer training academy operated or sponsored by a municipality to which this section applies....
- Texas Section 143.105 - Eligibility For Beginning Position In Police Department
In addition to meeting the eligibility requirements prescribed by Section 143.023, to be certified as eligible for a beginning position with a police department, a...
- Texas Section 143.1051 - Eligibility For Beginning Position In Fire Department
In addition to meeting the eligibility requirements prescribed by Section 143.023, to be certified as eligible for a beginning position with a fire department a...
- Texas Section 143.1055 - Applicant For Beginning Position In Police Department With Previous Experience
Notwithstanding any other requirement of this chapter, for any applicant for a beginning position in the police department who has previous experience as a police...
- Texas Section 143.106 - Eligibility For Fire Department Promotional Examination
(a) Each promotional examination is open to each fire fighter who at any time has continuously held for at least two years a position in...
- Texas Section 143.107 - Promotional Examination Notice
(a) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), Section 143.029, before the 90th day before the date a promotional examination in a fire department is held, the commission shall...
- Texas Section 143.108 - Promotional Examination Grades; Promotional Appointments
(a) Each eligible promotional candidate from the fire or police department who receives a grade of at least 70 points on a promotional examination is...
- Texas Section 143.109 - Crossover Promotions In Police Department
(a) In this section: (1) "Communications class" includes each person who performs the technical operation of police radio communications. (2) "Technical class" includes each person...
- Texas Section 143.1095 - Transfers In Position In Same Classification In Fire Department
(a) The head of the fire department may transfer a fire fighter from one position to another position in the same classification in the fire...
- Texas Section 143.110 - Salary
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c) and Section 143.111, all fire fighters or police officers in the same classification are entitled to the same...
- Texas Section 143.111 - Temporary Duties In Higher Classification
(a) The department head may designate a person from the next lower classification to temporarily fill a position in a higher classification. The designated person...
- Texas Section 143.1115 - Determination Of Physical And Mental Fitness
(a) This section provides the exclusive procedure for determining whether a fire fighter or police officer is sufficiently physically or mentally fit to continue the...
- Texas Section 143.112 - Educational Incentive Pay
(a) In this section: (1) "Accredited college or university" means a college or university that is: (A) accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency and...
- Texas Section 143.113 - Assignment Pay
(a) In this section: (1) "Bilingual personnel" means a member of the fire or police department who in the performance of the member's duties is...
- Texas Section 143.114 - Assignment Pay In Municipality With Population Of 1
Sec. 143.114. ASSIGNMENT PAY IN MUNICIPALITY WITH POPULATION OF 1.2 MILLION OR MORE. (a) In this section: (1) "Bomb squad personnel" means a member of...
- Texas Section 143.115 - Payment Of Accumulated Vacation Leave In Populous Municipality
(a) This section applies only to a municipality with a population of 1.1 million or more. (b) A fire fighter or police officer who leaves...
- Texas Section 143.1155 - Accumulated Vacation And Holiday Leave
A fire fighter or police officer who leaves the classified service due to disability or the beneficiary of a fire fighter or police officer who...
- Texas Section 143.116 - Payment Of Sick Leave On Termination Of Service
(a) A fire fighter or police officer who leaves the classified service for any reason or the beneficiaries of a fire fighter or police officer...
- Texas Section 143.117 - Disciplinary Suspensions
(a) The head of the fire or police department may suspend a fire fighter or police officer under the department head's supervision or jurisdiction for...
- Texas Section 143.118 - Appeal Of Disciplinary Suspension
(a) If a suspended fire fighter or police officer appeals a disciplinary suspension to the commission, the commission shall determine if just cause exists for...
- Texas Section 143.119 - Indefinite Suspensions
(a) The head of the fire or police department may indefinitely suspend a fire fighter or police officer under the department head's supervision or jurisdiction...
- Texas Section 143.120 - Appeal Of Indefinite Suspension
(a) Except as provided by Section 143.1015(g), if a suspended fire fighter or police officer appeals an indefinite suspension to the commission, the commission shall...
- Texas Section 143.121 - Appeal To District Court
Each appeal of an indefinite suspension to a district court shall be advanced on the district court docket and given a preference setting over all...
- Texas Section 143.1214 - Records Related To Disciplinary Actions Or Charges Of Misconduct
(a) The human resources director for the department promptly shall order that the records of a disciplinary action that was taken against a fire fighter...
- Texas Section 143.1215 - Reinstatement
(a) If the commission, a hearing examiner, or a district court orders that a fire fighter or police officer suspended without pay be reinstated, the...
- Texas Section 143.1216 - Certain Nondisciplinary Actions
(a) The department may use a supervisory intervention procedure or a policy and procedure inquiry to modify a police officer's behavior through: (1) positive encouragement;...
- Texas Section 143.122 - Uncompensated Duty
(a) In this section, "uncompensated duty" means days of work without pay in a fire or police department and does not include a regular or...
- Texas Section 143.123 - Investigation Of Fire Fighters And Police Officers
(a) In this section: (1) "Complainant" means a person claiming to be the victim of misconduct by a fire fighter or police officer. (2) "Investigation"...
- Texas Section 143.124 - Polygraph Examinations
(a) A fire fighter employed by the municipality may not be required to submit to a polygraph examination as part of an internal investigation regarding...
- Texas Section 143.125 - Police Department Probationary Period After Reappointment In Populous Municipality
(a) This section applies only to a municipality with a population of 1.5 million or more. (b) A person who ends service with the police...
- Texas Section 143.1251 - Reappointment After Resignation
The commission may adopt rules to allow a police officer who voluntarily resigns from the department to be reappointed to the department without taking another...
- Texas Section 143.126 - Legislative Leave
(a) A fire fighter or police officer is entitled to legislative leave without pay to appear before or to petition a governmental body during a...
- Texas Section 143.1261 - Legislative Leave Account
(a) A fire fighter or police officer may donate not more than one hour for each month of accumulated vacation or compensatory time to an...
- Texas Section 143.127 - Grievance Procedure
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, a fire fighter or police officer may file a grievance as provided by this subchapter that relates...
- Texas Section 143.128 - Step I Grievance Procedure
(a) To begin a grievance action, a fire fighter or police officer must file a completed written step I grievance form with the person's department...
- Texas Section 143.129 - Step II Grievance Procedure
(a) To continue the grievance procedure, the fire fighter or police officer must complete a step II grievance form and file it with the department...
- Texas Section 143.130 - Step III Grievance Procedure
(a) To continue the grievance procedure, the fire fighter or police officer must complete a step III grievance form and file it with the director...
- Texas Section 143.131 - Step IV Grievance Procedure
(a) If the department head or the fire fighter or police officer rejects the proposed solution under Section 143.130, the department head, the department head's...
- Texas Section 143.132 - Grievance Examiner
(a) The commission shall appoint a grievance examiner by a majority vote. The commission may appoint more than one grievance examiner if necessary. The commission...
- Texas Section 143.133 - Special Provisions For Steps I And II
(a) If the aggrieved fire fighter's or police officer's immediate supervisor is the department head, the steps prescribed by Sections 143.128 and 143.129 are combined....
- Texas Section 143.134 - Miscellaneous Grievance Provisions
(a) A fire fighter or police officer may represent himself or obtain a representative at any time during the grievance procedure. The municipality is not...
SUBCHAPTER H LOCAL CONTROL OF FIRE FIGHTER EMPLOYMENT MATTERS IN MUNICIPALITIES WITH POPULATION OF 1.5 MILLION OR MORE
- Texas Section 143.135 - Mediation
(a) In this section, "mediation" has the meaning assigned by Section 154.023, Civil Practice and Remedies Code. (b) The head of the police department may...
- Texas Section 143.201 - Population
This subchapter applies only to a municipality with a population of 1.5 million or more, but does not apply to a municipality that has adopted...
- Texas Section 143.202 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Fire fighters association" means an organization in which fire fighters participate and which exists for the purpose, in whole or in...
- Texas Section 143.203 - General Provisions Relating To Agreements, Recognition, And Strikes
(a) A municipality may not be denied local control over the wages, salaries, rates of pay, hours of work, and other terms and conditions of...
- Texas Section 143.204 - Recognition Of Fire Fighter Association
(a) A fire fighters association submitting a petition signed by a majority of the paid fire fighters in the municipality, excluding the head of the...
- Texas Section 143.205 - Open Records Required
All documents relating to an agreement between a fire fighters association and a public employer shall be available to the public pursuant to state statutes....
- Texas Section 143.206 - Enforceability Of Agreement
(a) A written agreement made under this subchapter between a public employer and a fire fighters association recognized as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent...
- Texas Section 143.207 - Agreement Supersedes Conflicting Provisions
(a) A written agreement under this subchapter between a public employer and the fire fighters association recognized as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent supersedes...
- Texas Section 143.208 - Repeal Of Agreement By Electorate
Within 45 days after an agreement is ratified and signed by both the municipality and the fire fighters association recognized as the sole and exclusive...
SUBCHAPTER I FIRE FIGHTER AND POLICE OFFICER EMPLOYMENT MATTERS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES
- Texas Section 143.209 - Protected Rights Of Individual Employees
(a) For the purpose of any disciplinary appeal to either the civil service commission or a hearing examiner, all members of the bargaining unit shall...
- Texas Section 143.301 - Municipalities Covered By Subchapter
This subchapter applies only to a municipality with a population of 460,000 or more that operates under a city manager form of government. This subchapter...
- Texas Section 143.3015 - Limitation On Municipalities Covered By Subchapter: Voter Approval
(a) The governing body of a municipality with a population less than 560,000 that has not recognized an association as the sole and exclusive bargaining...
- Texas Section 143.302 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Association" means an organization in which fire fighters or police officers participate and that exists for the purpose, in whole or...
- Texas Section 143.303 - General Provisions Relating To Agreements, Recognition, And Strikes
(a) A municipality may not be denied local control over wages, salaries, rates of pay, hours of work, other terms and conditions of employment, or...
- Texas Section 143.304 - Recognition Of Fire Fighters Or Police Officers Association
(a) The public employer may recognize an association that submits a petition signed by a majority of the paid fire fighters or police officers in...
- Texas Section 143.305 - Open Records Required
An agreement made under this subchapter is a public record for purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code. The agreement and any document prepared and used...
- Texas Section 143.306 - Enforceability Of Agreement
(a) A written agreement made under this subchapter between a public employer and an association is binding on the public employer, the association, and fire...
- Texas Section 143.307 - Agreement Supersedes Conflicting Provisions
(a) An agreement under this subchapter supersedes a previous statute concerning wages, salaries, rates of pay, hours of work, or other terms and conditions of...
- Texas Section 143.308 - Repeal Of Agreement By Electorate
Not later than the 45th day after the date an agreement is ratified by both the municipality and the association, a petition signed by at...
- Texas Section 143.309 - Protected Rights Of Individual Employees
(a) For the purpose of any disciplinary appeal to the civil service commission or to a hearing examiner, a member of the bargaining unit may...
- Texas Section 143.310 - Binding Interest Arbitration
A municipality may be required to submit to binding interest arbitration only if approved by a majority of those voting in a public referendum conducted...
- Texas Section 143.311 - Appointments To Classification Immediately Below Department Head
Section 143.014(c) does not apply to a municipality to which this subchapter applies. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1003, Sec. 1, eff. Aug....
- Texas Section 143.312 - Investigation Of Fire Fighters And Police Officers
(a) This section does not apply to a municipality to which Section 143.123 applies. (b) In this section: (1) "Complainant" means a person claiming to...
SUBCHAPTER J LOCAL CONTROL OF POLICE OFFICER EMPLOYMENT MATTERS IN MUNICIPALITIES WITH POPULATION OF 1.5 MILLION OR MORE
- Texas Section 143.313 - Polygraph Examinations
(a) This section does not apply to a municipality to which Section 143.124 applies. (b) A fire fighter employed by the municipality may not be...
- Texas Section 143.351 - Applicability
This subchapter applies only to a municipality with a population of 1.5 million or more but does not apply to a municipality that has adopted...
- Texas Section 143.352 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Bargaining agent" means the police employee group selected under Section 143.354 to represent all police officers employed by the municipality, excluding...
- Texas Section 143.353 - General Provisions Relating To Agreements, Recognition, And Strikes
(a) A municipality may not be denied local control over the wages, salaries, rates of pay, hours of work, and other terms of employment, or...
- Texas Section 143.354 - Recognition Of Police Employee Group
(a) The public employer in accordance with this section may recognize a police employee group as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for all of...
- Texas Section 143.358 - Open Records Required
All documents relating to an agreement between a bargaining agent and a public employer shall be available to the public in accordance with state statutes....
- Texas Section 143.359 - Enforceability Of Agreement
(a) A written agreement made under this subchapter between a public employer and a bargaining agent is enforceable and binding on the public employer, the...
- Texas Section 143.360 - Election To Ratify Agreement
(a) The bargaining agent shall call an election to ratify any agreement reached with the public employer. (b) All police officers of the municipality, other...
- Texas Section 143.361 - Agreement Supersedes Conflicting Provisions
(a) A written agreement ratified under this subchapter between a public employer and the bargaining agent supersedes a previous statute concerning wages, salaries, rates of...
- Texas Section 143.362 - Repeal Of Agreement By Electorate
Within 45 days after the date an agreement is ratified and signed by the municipality and the bargaining agent, a petition signed by a number...
SUBCHAPTER K CIVIL SERVICE STATUS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES
- Texas Section 143.363 - Protected Rights Of Individual Employees
(a) For the purpose of any disciplinary appeal to either the civil service commission or a hearing examiner, all police officers have the right to...
- Texas Section 143.401 - Applicability
(a) This subchapter applies only to a municipality: (1) with a population of 460,000 or more that operates under a city manager form of government;...
- Texas Section 143.402 - Election To Adopt Or Repeal Subchapter
(a) A municipality may hold an election to adopt or repeal this subchapter as provided by this section. (b) If the governing body of the...
- Texas Section 143.403 - Status Of Employees If Subchapter Adopted
(a) Each person who is employed for more than six months as emergency medical services personnel serving in a municipality at the time this subchapter...