Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 143.106 · Subchapter G. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MUNICIPALITY WITH POPULATION OF 1.5 MILLION OR MORE AND CERTAIN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES
ELIGIBILITY FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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 classification for which the examination is to be held.
(b) If the department has adopted a classification plan that classifies positions on the basis of similarity in duties and responsibilities, each promotional examination is open to each fire fighter who has continuously held for at least two years a position at the next lower pay grade, if it exists, in the class for which the examination is to be held.
(c) If there are not enough fire fighters in the next lower position with two years' service in that position to provide an adequate number of persons to take the examination, the commission may open the examination to persons in that position with less than two years' service. If there is still an insufficient number, the commission may open the examination to persons with at least two years' experience in the second lower position, in salary, to the position for which the examination is to be held.
(d) Repealed by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 676, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 676, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
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