81st Texas Legislature, Senate Bill 461, Chapter 273 Page: 1 of 2
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Chapter 273
S.B. No. 461
1 AN ACT
2 relating to eligibility to take the entrance examination for a
3 beginning position in the fire department.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
5 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 143.023, Local
6 Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
7 (a) A person may not take an entrance examination for a
8 beginning position in the [fire er] police department unless the
9 person is at least 18 years of age. A person may not take an
10 entrance examination for a beginning position in the fire
11 department unless the person is at least 18 years of age but not 36
12 years of age or older.
13 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Subsection
14 (a), Section 143.023, Local Government Code, applies only to an
15 entrance examination given on or after the effective date of this
16 Act.
17 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
18 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
19 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
20 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
21 Act takes effect September 1, 2009.1
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Texas. Legislature. Senate. 81st Texas Legislature, Senate Bill 461, Chapter 273, legislative document, May 30, 2009; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth149673/m1/1/?q=%222009%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.