Title LG, Local Government Code

Sec. 143.084. CIVIL SERVICE STATUS AND PENSION BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN FIRE FIGHTERS. (a) Each fire fighter who, since December 31, 1969, has been continuously employed as a temporary employee under the provision codified as Section 143.083 has the full status of a civil service emp…

Sec. 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 who holds that position shall be demoted to the position immediately…

Sec. 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 for an elective position of the municipality. (b) For the purposes of this section, a person takes an ac…

Sec. 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. (b) In addition to the penalty prescribed by Section 143.016, if a fire fighter or police officer is …

Sec. 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 person accepts money or anything of value from another person in return for retiring or resigning f…

Sec. 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 letter, memorandum, or document relating to: (1) a commendation, congratulation, or honor bestowe…

Sec. 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 by indictment or by information; (2) the officer is a party in a …

Sec. 143.091. ELIGIBILITY FOR CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT BOARD. A person is not eligible to serve on a civilian oversight board if the person has been convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for a felony offense. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 867 …

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 applies only to a municipality with a population of 1.5 million or more. (b) Except as otherwi…

Sec. 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 than the 48th hour before the hour on which the meeting or hearing is held if…

Sec. 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 this chapter is sufficient if the fire fighter or police officer files it with the commiss…

Sec. 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 must state that in an appeal of an indefinite suspension, a suspension, a promotional pass o…

Sec. 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 turpitude, the department head may temporarily suspen…

Sec. 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 or as otherwise provided by law, communicate with the commission, a hearing examiner, or a grievance …

Sec. 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 prescribed by this section. (b) The heads of the fire and police departments shall establish required qua…

Sec. 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 as a park police officer, airport police officer, or municipal marshal, is e…

Sec. 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 in which to take the examination; (2) that each applicant be provided…

Sec. 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. (b) The commission …

Sec. 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 person must be at least 21 years of age at th…

Sec. 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 person must: (1) have served in the United States…

Sec. 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 officer with another p…

Sec. 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 the classification that is immediately below, in salary, the classificat…

Sec. 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 post a notice of the examination in plain view on a bulletin board l…

Sec. 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 considered to have passed that examination. (b) If an elig…

Sec. 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 who performs criminal laboratory analysis …

Sec. 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 department if the transfer is: (1) a promotion or demotion …

Sec. 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 base salary. (b) In addition to the base salary, each fire fighter or police officer is entitled to each of…

Sec. 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 is entitled to the base salary of the higher position plus t…

Sec. 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 person's duties or assignment. (b) On receiving a wri…

Sec. 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 by the state board of education in the state in which the college or univer…

Sec. 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 capable of effectively translating orally a language other than English into English, and when necessary, …

Sec. 143.114. ASSIGNMENT PAY IN MUNICIPALITY WITH POPULATION OF 1.5 MILLION OR MORE. (a) In this section: (1) "Bomb squad personnel" means a member of the police department who is assigned to the bomb squad and participates in the detection, handling, or disarming of explosive de…

Sec. 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 the classified service for any reason is entitled to receive in …

Sec. 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 dies is entitled to receive a lump-sum payment of the full amount of the fire fig…

Sec. 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 who dies as a result of a line of duty injury or illness are entitled to r…

Sec. 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 disciplinary reasons for a reasonable period not to exceed 15 days. (b) The department he…

Sec. 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 the suspension. (b) If the commission finds that the period of disciplin…

Sec. 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 for the violation of a civil service rule. (b) If the department head suspends a f…

Sec. 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 hold a hearing and render a decision in writing within 30 days afte…

Sec. 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 other cases. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Sec. 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 or police officer be expunged from each file m…

Sec. 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 municipality shall, before the end of the second full pay period after the date the person is reinsta…

Sec. 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; (2) counseling; (3) job skills training; (4) repeat task pe…

Sec. 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 normal work day. (b) The head of the fire or police department may assign a fire fighter or police officer u…

Sec. 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" means an administrative investigation, conducted by the municip…

Sec. 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 the conduct of the fire fighter unless: (1) the complainant submits to and passes a polygr…