Tex. Gov't Code § 419.0321 · Subchapter B. REGULATING AND ASSISTING FIRE FIGHTERS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS
PART-TIME FIRE PROTECTION EMPLOYEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A fire department may employ part-time fire protection employees under this section. The commission shall create a separate certification class for part-time fire protection employees.
(b) To become certified as a part-time fire protection employee, a person must:
(1) satisfy the requirements of Sections 419.032(a) and (b) or Section 419.032(d) for certification as fire protection personnel; and
(2) be employed by a fire department as a temporary or probationary part-time fire protection employee.
(c) A fire department may not employ a person as a part-time fire protection employee, except on a temporary or probationary basis, unless the person has been certified by the commission as a part-time fire protection employee. A temporary or probationary employment may not extend beyond one year or be renewed, except that on petition of a fire department one year or more after the date that a temporary or probationary part-time employment expires, the commission may reinstate the person's temporary or probationary part-time employment.
(d) A person who is certified as a part-time fire protection employee and a fire department or local government that employs a part-time fire protection employee are subject to this subchapter and applicable commission rules to the same extent that this subchapter and applicable commission rules apply to certified fire protection personnel and to a fire department or local government in the employment of fire protection personnel.
(e) A part-time fire protection employee may not:
(1) work more than 24 hours a week or average more than approximately 24 hours a week during a work cycle, as appropriate, for an employing fire department; or
(2) work more than 500 hours a year for an employing fire department in duties related to fire suppression.
(f) A part-time fire protection employee may work, on a temporary basis only, in place of a person who is fire protection personnel who is absent from work because of vacation, illness, injury, or administrative leave. Work may not be assigned under this subsection in a manner that will cause a reduction in the number of authorized full-time positions in a fire department. Hours worked under this subsection are not counted when computing hours under Subsection (e)(1).
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History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 912, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.419.htm
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