TITLE: Relating to the eligibility of a person to serve on a civilian oversight board.

SUMMARY: Relating to the eligibility of a person to serve on a civilian oversight board.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the eligibility of a person to serve on a civilian oversight board. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 143.003, Local Government Code, is amended by amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivision (1-a) to read as follows: (1) "Civilian oversight board" means a board or office established by a municipality to practice oversight, monitoring, or investigations of fire fighters or police officers, or departments, by members of the public who are not fire fighters or police officers. (1-a) "Commission" means the Fire Fighters' and Police Officers' Civil Service Commission. SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 143, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Section 143.091 to read as follows: Sec. 143.091. ELIGIBILITY FOR CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT BOARD. A person is not eligible to serve on a civilian oversight board if the person has been: (1) convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for a felony offense; or (2) convicted of a crime of moral turpitude. SECTION 3. 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.