TITLE: Relating to the authority of a municipality to prohibit police or fire department employees from circulating or signing certain employment petitions.

SUMMARY: Relating to the authority of a municipality to prohibit police or fire department employees from circulating or signing certain employment petitions.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the authority of a municipality to prohibit police or fire department employees from circulating or signing certain employment petitions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 150, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Subchapter Zto read as follows: SUBCHAPTER Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Sec. 150.901. AUTHORITY TO PROHIBIT POLICE OR FIRE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES FROM CIRCULATING OR SIGNING CERTAIN PETITIONS. A municipality may not adopt or enforce a charter provision, ordinance, policy, or other measure that prohibits an employee of the municipality's police or fire department from circulating or signing a petition authorized by Chapter 142, 143, or 174. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.