09-18-06 Ad Hoc Meet and Confer Law Review Committee

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PUBLIC OFFICERS a member of may grant the : he person to .rse of study re y. .office~rformance on a competitive examination; oc ~~~_ h . al te th ~. c, (~) a C1VWCH!- w 0 recelyes a s ary grea r an hthe lowest base-~ary that the municipality pays a -:~ptain and who~..,appointment to the civilian's , ;r,; Current position was hot based at least in part on 'oi>the civilian'sperformance'Q~ a competitive examina- (.l.tion. , ''',,-. by Acts 2001, 77th L~g., ch. 928, ~ 1, eff. Sept. 1, " ..'. "- ~on 2 of Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 928 provide~ -This Act takes effect September I, 2001. The chan~~ law made ibis Act applies beginning with the first full pay period Sbegins m;after that date." 2:013. Business Leave ~e, Account for Po . lice Officers in Certain Municipali- ties This s~ction applies only to police officers em- 'd by a \nunicipality with a population of one ~',',o...,..r....,..mor.e\~th ,athasnot adopted Chapter 174 and "Section 43.1261 does not apply. r-ji:,- n this secti : ;f'muSiness ve" means leave taken for the 6~e :~:~en . ~to the business of an employee ;i'E,": m. ~l~yee or . tion;' includes: . the Texas Peace fficers Association; "'" ) the Dallas Police sociation; {the Dallas Fratern Order. of Police; and . eLatino Peace ers Association. 6liee officer may don te not more than two Feach month of ac ulated vacation or tOry'time to the busine leave time account loyee organization. Th municipality shall ;. ~maintain a. business ave time account !19!-~ organization. liCe9fficer must authorize the donation in .formprovided by the emp ee organiza- roved by the municipality. receiv- ~. authorization on an approv form, the 81iiill transfer donated time to e account the municipality receives the lice offi- '." Qcation of the authorization. 'rpolice officer who is a member of an . tion may use for business eave :, e . donated to the account of at . tion. A police officer may use .ipllrposesthe, time donated under \sation for eut Officer(' s ". ;0 a municipalL re that has riot1 ~ 142.051 section without receiving a reduction in salary and without imbursing the ,municipality. (f) A re uest to use for business leave purposes the time in an ployee organization's time account must be in writin d submitted to the municipality by the president or e equivalent officer of the employee organization or y that officer's designee. (g) The munic ality shall grant a request for busi- ness leave that c plies with Subsection (f) unless: (1) denial of th request is necessary because of an emergency; or (2) a grant of the equest will result in having an insufficient number 0 police officers to carry out the normal functions of e municipality. (h) The municipality sh account for the time do- nated to the account and us from the account. The municipality. shall credit and ebit the account on an hour-for-hour basis regardless the cash value of the time donated or used. (i) An employee orgairlzatiori m ness leave purposes more than' 4, 0 hours from its business leave' time account under his section in a calendar year. This subsection does ot prevent an employee organization from accumula g more than 4,000 hours, but only addresses the toW number of donated hours that an employee organiza.&n may use in any ~~dar year. ,./ . , . I (j) The use of business leave by a polic officer under this section is not a break in service r any purpose and is treated as any' other paid leave. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 447, ~ 1, eff. Jun 20, 2003. SUBCHAPTER B. LOCAL CONTROL OF PO- LICE OFFICER EMPLOYMENT MATTERS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALI'!'lES Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1193, 92 added this subchapter. ~ 142J)"51. Applicability (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), this sub- chapter applies only to a municipality: (1) with a population of 50,000 or more; or (2) that has adopted Chapter 143. (b) This subchapter does not apply to a municipality that: (1) has adopted Chapter 174; (2) is covered by Subchapter H, I, or J, Chapter 143; or 251