Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 143.125 · Subchapter G. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MUNICIPALITY WITH POPULATION OF 1.5 MILLION OR MORE AND CERTAIN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES
POLICE DEPARTMENT PROBATIONARY PERIOD AFTER REAPPOINTMENT IN POPULOUS MUNICIPALITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies only to a municipality with a population of 1.5 million or more.
(b) A person who ends service with the police department for any reason and is later reappointed to the department must serve a probationary period of six months from the date of reappointment.
(c) The reappointed officer is not entitled to full civil service protection until the officer has served the full probationary period.
(d) In determining classification, pay status, and eligibility for promotion, the probationary period is counted as if the reappointed officer were not on probation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 669, Sec. 64, 65, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.143.htm
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