Texas Local Government Code Title 5, Chapter 158 - County Civil Service

SUBCHAPTER A COUNTY CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM

• Texas Section 158.001 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Commission" means a county civil service commission. (2) "Employee" means a person who obtains a position by appointment and who is...
• Texas Section 158.002 - Eligible Counties
  A county with a population of 190,000 or more may, in accordance with this subchapter, create a county civil service system to include all the...
• Texas Section 158.0025 - Creation Of Sheriff's Department Civil Service System In Certain Counties Not Covered By Subchapter B
  (a) This section applies only to a county with a population of 190,000 or more, other than: (1) a county that has created a civil...
• Texas Section 158.003 - Creation By Order
  (a) A county civil service system may be created by an order adopted by a majority of the members of the commissioners court of the...
• Texas Section 158.004 - Creation By Election
  (a) A county civil service system may be created by approval of the system by a majority of the qualified voters of the county voting...
• Texas Section 158.005 - Ballots And Voting At Election To Create System
  (a) Each qualified voter of the county is entitled to vote at the election. (b) The commissioners court shall order the ballot at the election...
• Texas Section 158.006 - Result Of Election To Create System
  (a) The presiding judge of each voting place shall supervise the counting of votes cast at the election. (b) Within 24 hours after the election,...
• Texas Section 158.0065 - Petition To Create By Order Or Election
  (a) This section applies only in a county with a population of 290,000 or more that would not be eligible to expand or dissolve the...
• Texas Section 158.007 - Expanded Coverage Or Dissolution Of System In Populous Counties
  (a) In a county that has a population of more than 1.3 million and a civil service system created under this subchapter, the qualified voters...
• Texas Section 158.008 - Appointment Of Commission
  (a) If a civil service system is created under this subchapter, the commissioners court shall appoint three persons to serve as the members of the...
• Texas Section 158.009 - Powers Of The Commission
  (a) Except as provided by Section 158.010, the commission shall adopt, publish, and enforce rules regarding: (1) the definition of a county employee; (2) selection...
• Texas Section 158.0095 - Authority To Issue Subpoenas And Administer Oaths
  (a) In a proceeding before the commission under this subchapter, the chairman of the commission shall, on request of a person described by Subsection (b):...
• Texas Section 158.010 - Employment By Departments
  (a) The head of each department included in the coverage of a county civil service system may assume responsibility for selecting all persons who are...
• Texas Section 158.011 - Compensation And Staff
  The members of the commission serve without compensation, but the commissioners court shall reimburse each member for all necessary expenses incurred in performing the member's...
• Texas Section 158.012 - Appeals
  (a) A county employee who, on a final decision by the commission, is demoted, suspended, or removed from the employee's position may appeal the decision...
• Texas Section 158.0121 - Review Under Substantial Evidence Rule
  In an appeal under Section 158.012, the district court may not substitute its judgment for the judgment of the commission on the weight of the...
• Texas Section 158.0122 - Procedures For Review Under Substantial Evidence Rule
  (a) After service of the petition on the commission and within the time permitted for filing an answer or within additional time allowed by the...
• Texas Section 158.0123 - Cost Of Preparing Commission Record
  (a) The commission may require a party who appeals a final decision under Section 158.012 to pay one-half of the cost of preparation of the...
• Texas Section 158.013 - Exemptions
  (a) A person who on August 30, 1971, was an employee of an eligible county under this subchapter may not be required to take a...
• Texas Section 158.014 - Dissolution Of System
  (a) If, after a civil service system under this subchapter has been in effect for at least one year, 10 percent of the qualified voters...

SUBCHAPTER B SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM IN CERTAIN COUNTIES

• Texas Section 158.015 - Limitation On Elections
  The commissioners court may not call an election under Section 158.004 or 158.014 for at least two years after the date of any previous election...
• Texas Section 158.031 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Commission" means a sheriff's department civil service commission. (2) "Department" means a sheriff's department. (3) "Employee" means an employee of a...
• Texas Section 158.032 - Eligible Departments
  A sheriff's department in a county with a population of more than 500,000 may, in accordance with this subchapter, create a civil service system. Acts...
• Texas Section 158.033 - Petition And Election
  (a) If at least 20 percent of the employees of an eligible department under this subchapter sign a petition requesting an election under this section...
• Texas Section 158.034 - Appointment Of Commission
  (a) In a county with a population of less than 2.8 million, if a majority of the employees voting at the election approve the creation...
• Texas Section 158.035 - Powers Of Commission
  (a) The commission shall adopt, publish, and enforce rules regarding: (1) selection and classification of employees; (2) competitive examinations; (3) promotions, seniority, and tenure; (4)...
• Texas Section 158.0351 - Procedures After Felony Indictment Or Misdemeanor Complaint
  (a) This section applies only to a county with a population of 2.8 million or more. (b) If an employee is indicted for a felony...
• Texas Section 158.0355 - Authority To Issue Subpoenas And Administer Oaths
  (a) In a proceeding before the commission under this subchapter, the chairman of the commission shall, on request of a person described by Subsection (b):...
• Texas Section 158.036 - Compensation And Staff
  The members of the commission serve without compensation, but the commissioners court shall reimburse each member for actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing the...
• Texas Section 158.037 - Appeals
  (a) An employee who, on a final decision by the commission, is demoted, suspended, or removed from a position may appeal the decision by filing...
• Texas Section 158.0371 - Review Under Substantial Evidence Rule
  (a) The same standards described by Section 158.0121 apply to an appeal under Section 158.037. (b) The procedures for review under Section 158.037 are the...
• Texas Section 158.038 - Exemptions
  (a) A person who is an employee of a department on the date that a civil service system is adopted under this subchapter in the...
• Texas Section 158.039 - Dissolution Of System
  (a) If, after a civil service system under this subchapter has been in effect in a department for at least one year, 20 percent of...
• Texas Section 158.040 - Exclusivity
  A civil service system created under this subchapter and in effect applies to the department to the exclusion of a civil service system in that...

Last modified: September 28, 2016