Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 143.037 · Subchapter B. CLASSIFICATION AND APPOINTMENT
RECORD OF CERTIFICATION AND APPOINTMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) When a person is certified and appointed to a position in the fire or police department, the director shall forward the appointed person's record to the proper department head. The director shall also forward a copy of the record to the chief executive and shall retain a copy in the civil service files.
(b) The record must contain:
(1) the date notice of examination for the position was posted;
(2) the date on which the appointed person took the examination;
(3) the name of each person who conducted the examination;
(4) the relative position of the appointed person on the eligibility list;
(5) the date the appointed person took the physical examination, the name of the examining physician, and whether the person was accepted or rejected;
(6) the date the request to fill the vacancy was made;
(7) the date the appointed person was notified to report for duty; and
(8) the date the appointed person's pay is to start.
(c) If the director intentionally fails to comply with this section, the commission shall immediately remove the director from office.
(d) The director's failure to comply with this section does not affect the civil service status of an employee.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.143.htm
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