Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 158.0065 · Subchapter A. COUNTY CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM
PETITION TO CREATE BY ORDER OR ELECTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies only in a county with a population of 290,000 or more that would not be eligible to expand or dissolve the system under Section 158.007.
(b) The commissioners court of a county that receives a petition signed by at least 50 percent of the county's employees requesting the creation of a county civil service system shall vote not later than the 30th day after the date that the court receives the petition whether to create a system by adopting an order under Section 158.003. If the court does not create a system as provided by Section 158.003, the court shall call an election to decide the question as provided by Sections 158.004-158.006.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 548, Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 1991.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.158.htm
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Local Government Code
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 158.003CREATION BY ORDER.Printed as Section 158.003
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 158.004CREATION BY ELECTION.Printed as Sections 158.004-158.006
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 158.006RESULT OF ELECTION TO CREATE SYSTEM.Printed as Sections 158.004-158.006
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 158.007EXPANDED COVERAGE OR DISSOLUTION OF SYSTEM IN POPULOUS COUNTIES.Printed as Section 158.007
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