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TX Loc Govt Code § 143.1261 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 5 - Matters Affecting Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle A - Municipal Officers and Employees|Chapter 143 - Municipal Civil Service for Firefighters and Police Officers|Subchapter G. Provisions Applicable to Municipality With Population of 1.5 Million or More and Certain Other Municipalities|Section 143.1261. Legislative Leave Account

Sec. 143.1261.  LEGISLATIVE LEAVE ACCOUNT.  (a)  A fire fighter or police officer may donate not more than one hour for each month of accumulated vacation or compensatory time to an employee organization.  The municipality shall establish and maintain a legislative leave time account for each employee organization.(b)  The fire fighter or police officer must authorize the donation in writing on a form provided by the employee organization and approved by the municipality.  After receiving the signed authorization on an approved form, the municipality shall transfer donated time to the account monthly until the municipality receives the fire fighter's or police officer's written revocation of the authorization.(c)  Only a fire fighter or police officer who is a member of an employee organization may use for legislative leave purposes the time donated to that employee organization.  A fire fighter or police officer may use for legislative leave purposes the time donated under this section in lieu of reimbursing the municipality under Section 143.126.(d)  A request to use for legislative leave purposes the time in an employee organization's time account must be in writing and submitted to the municipality by the president or the equivalent officer of the employee organization or by that officer's designee.(e)  The municipality shall account for the time donated to the account and used from the account.  The municipality may:(1)  determine and credit the actual cash value of the donated time in the account and determine and deduct the actual cash value of time used from the account for legislative leave purposes;  or(2)  credit and debit an account on an hour-for-hour basis regardless of the cash value of the time donated or used.(f)  An employee organization may not use for legislative leave purposes more than 4,000 hours from its time account under this section in a calendar year.  If more than one employee organization requests to use legislative leave, each employee organization may use a proportional share of the 4,000 hours based on the total amount of hours donated to the employee organization for its exclusive use before January 2 of the calendar year in which the legislative leave is requested.  This section does not prevent an employee organization from accumulating more than 4,000 hours.  This subsection only limits the total number of donated hours that one or more employee organizations may use in any calendar year.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1195, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 143.127 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 5 - Matters Affecting Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle A - Municipal Officers and Employees|Chapter 143 - Municipal Civil Service for Firefighters and Police Officers|Subchapter G. Provisions Applicable to Municipality With Population of 1.5 Million or More and Certain Other Municipalities|Section 143.127. Grievance Procedure

Sec. 143.127.  GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE.  (a)  Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, a fire fighter or police officer may file a grievance as provided by this subchapter that relates to any aspect of the fire fighter's or police officer's employment covered by this chapter.  The fire fighter or police officer may not file a grievance relating to:(1)  a disciplinary suspension, indefinite suspension, promotional pass over, or demotion or other action or decision for which a hearing, review, or appeal is otherwise provided by this chapter; or(2)  an allegation of discrimination based, in whole or in part, on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.(b)  The director shall monitor and assist the operation of the grievance procedure.  The director's duties include:(1)  aiding the departments and departmental grievance counselors;(2)  notifying the parties of meetings;(3)  docketing cases before the grievance examiner;  and(4)  ensuring that the grievance procedure operates timely and effectively.(c)  The department head shall appoint from among the members of the department a grievance counselor whose duties include:(1)  providing appropriate grievance forms to a fire fighter or police officer;(2)  accepting, on behalf of the department head, a step I or II grievance;(3)  assisting the fire fighter or police officer in handling the grievance;(4)  forwarding a copy of a step I or II grievance form to the director and notifying the department head;(5)  arranging a meeting between the fire fighter or police officer and that person's immediate supervisor as prescribed by Section 143.128(b);(6)  arranging the meeting of the fire fighter or police officer and that person's department head or the department head's designated representative as prescribed by Section 143.129(b);  and(7)  performing duties that the department head may assign.(d)  The grievance procedure consists of four steps.  In any step of the grievance process in which the aggrieved fire fighter's or police officer's immediate supervisor is included, the department head or the departmental grievance counselor may add an appropriate supervisor who is not the fire fighter's or police officer's immediate supervisor or may designate that supervisor to replace the person's immediate supervisor, if the department head or grievance counselor determines that the other supervisor has the authority to resolve the person's grievance.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 33(b), eff. Aug. 28, 1989;  Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 854, Sec. 9, eff. June 14, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1415 (S.B. 1896), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 143.128 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 5 - Matters Affecting Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle A - Municipal Officers and Employees|Chapter 143 - Municipal Civil Service for Firefighters and Police Officers|Subchapter G. Provisions Applicable to Municipality With Population of 1.5 Million or More and Certain Other Municipalities|Section 143.128. Step I Grievance Procedure

Sec. 143.128.  STEP I GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE.  (a)  To begin a grievance action, a fire fighter or police officer must file a completed written step I grievance form with the person's department head or departmental grievance counselor within 30 days after the date the fire fighter or police officer knew or should have known of the action or inaction for which the person feels aggrieved occurred.  A step I grievance form may be obtained from the departmental grievance counselor.  If the form is not timely filed, the grievance is waived.(b)  If the form is filed, the departmental grievance counselor shall arrange a meeting of the fire fighter or police officer, that person's immediate supervisor or other appropriate supervisor or both, and the person or persons against whom the grievance is lodged.  The departmental grievance counselor shall schedule the step I meeting within 30 calendar days after the date the grievance is filed. If the grievance is lodged against the department head, the department head may send a representative.(c)  The fire fighter's or police officer's immediate supervisor or other appropriate supervisor, or both, shall fully, candidly, and openly discuss the grievance with the fire fighter or police officer in a sincere attempt to resolve it.(d)  Regardless of the outcome of the meeting, the fire fighter's or police officer's immediate supervisor or other appropriate supervisor, or both, shall provide a written response to the fire fighter or police officer, with a copy to the grievance counselor, within 15 calendar days after the date the meeting occurs.  The response must include the supervisor's evaluation and proposed solution.  The response shall either be personally delivered to the fire fighter or police officer or be mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last home address provided by that person.(e)  If the proposed solution is not acceptable, the fire fighter or police officer may file a step II grievance form with the department head or the departmental grievance counselor in accordance with Section 143.129.  If the aggrieved fire fighter or police officer fails to timely file a step II grievance form, the solution is considered accepted.(f)  If the supervisor does not provide the response required by Subsection (d) before the 16th day after the date the meeting occurs, the department head shall sustain the fire fighter's or police officer's grievance.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 33(c), eff. Aug. 28, 1989;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 353, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1415 (S.B. 1896), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 143.130 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 5 - Matters Affecting Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle A - Municipal Officers and Employees|Chapter 143 - Municipal Civil Service for Firefighters and Police Officers|Subchapter G. Provisions Applicable to Municipality With Population of 1.5 Million or More and Certain Other Municipalities|Section 143.130. Step Iii Grievance Procedure

Sec. 143.130.  STEP III GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE.  (a)  To continue the grievance procedure, the fire fighter or police officer must complete a step III grievance form and file it with the director within 15 calendar days after the date the fire fighter or police officer receives the department head's response under Section 143.129.(b)  The director shall arrange a hearing of the fire fighter or police officer and a grievance examiner to be appointed by the commission under Section 143.132.  The hearing shall be held within 15 of the aggrieved fire fighter's or police officer's working days after the date the step III grievance form is filed under Subsection (a).(c)  A hearing shall be conducted as an informal administrative procedure. Grievances arising out of the same or similar fact situations may be heard at the same hearing. A court reporter shall record the hearing.  All witnesses shall be examined under oath.  The fire fighter or police officer, that person's immediate supervisor or other appropriate supervisor or both, the department head or the department head's designated representative or both, and each person specifically named in the grievance are parties to the hearing.  The burden of proof is on the aggrieved fire fighter or police officer.(d)  The grievance examiner shall make written findings and a recommendation for solution of the grievance within 15 calendar days after the date the hearing ends.  The findings and recommendation shall be given to the commission and copies mailed to the fire fighter or police officer by certified mail, return receipt requested, at the last home address provided by that person, and to the department head.(e)  If the proposed solution is not acceptable to either the fire fighter or police officer or the department head, either party may file a step IV grievance form with the director in accordance with Section 143.131.  If the fire fighter or police officer or the department head fails to timely file a step IV grievance form, the solution is considered accepted by that person.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 33(e), eff. Aug. 28, 1989;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 353, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 143.131 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 5 - Matters Affecting Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle A - Municipal Officers and Employees|Chapter 143 - Municipal Civil Service for Firefighters and Police Officers|Subchapter G. Provisions Applicable to Municipality With Population of 1.5 Million or More and Certain Other Municipalities|Section 143.131. Step Iv Grievance Procedure

Sec. 143.131.  STEP IV GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE.  (a)  If the department head or the fire fighter or police officer rejects the proposed solution under Section 143.130, the department head, the department head's designated representative, or the fire fighter or police officer must complete a step IV grievance form and file it with the director within 15 calendar days after the date the person receives the grievance examiner's recommendation.(b)  The commission shall review the grievance examiner's findings and recommendation and consider the transcript of the step III hearing at the commission's next regularly scheduled meeting or as soon as practicable.  The transcript shall be filed within 30 days of the step IV grievance being filed.  The commission may for good cause shown grant a reasonable delay not to exceed 30 days to file the transcript.  In no event may the commission render a decision later than 30 days after the transcript is filed.  If the commission does not render a decision within 30 days after the date the transcript is filed, the commission shall sustain the fire fighter's or police officer's grievance.(c)  The commission shall base its decision solely on the transcript and demonstrative evidence offered and accepted at the step III hearing.  The commission shall furnish a written copy of the order containing its decision to the fire fighter or police officer, the department head, and the grievance examiner.  The copy to the fire fighter or police officer shall be mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last home address provided by that person.  The commission decision is final.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 33(f), eff. Aug. 28, 1989;  Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 854, Sec. 11, eff. June 14, 1989;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 353, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 143.132 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 5 - Matters Affecting Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle A - Municipal Officers and Employees|Chapter 143 - Municipal Civil Service for Firefighters and Police Officers|Subchapter G. Provisions Applicable to Municipality With Population of 1.5 Million or More and Certain Other Municipalities|Section 143.132. Grievance Examiner

Sec. 143.132.  GRIEVANCE EXAMINER.  (a)  The commission shall appoint a grievance examiner by a majority vote.  The commission may appoint more than one grievance examiner if necessary.  The commission may appoint a different grievance examiner for each grievance.  An examiner may not be affiliated with any other municipal department and is responsible only to the commission.  The commission shall pay an examiner from a special budget established for this purpose, and the director shall provide an examiner sufficient office space and clerical support.(b)  The grievance examiner may:(1)  impose a reasonable limit on the time allowed each party and the number of witnesses to be heard;(2)  administer oaths;(3)  examine a witness under oath;(4)  subpoena and require the attendance or production of witnesses, documents, books, or other pertinent material;  and(5)  accept affidavits instead of or in addition to live testimony.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 143.133 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 5 - Matters Affecting Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle A - Municipal Officers and Employees|Chapter 143 - Municipal Civil Service for Firefighters and Police Officers|Subchapter G. Provisions Applicable to Municipality With Population of 1.5 Million or More and Certain Other Municipalities|Section 143.133. Special Provisions for Steps I and Ii

Sec. 143.133.  SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR STEPS I AND II.  (a)  If the aggrieved fire fighter's or police officer's immediate supervisor is the department head, the steps prescribed by Sections 143.128 and 143.129 are combined.  The department head shall meet with the aggrieved fire fighter or police officer and may not appoint a representative.(b)  A department head, with the approval of the commission, may change the procedure prescribed by Sections 143.128 and 143.129 to reflect a change in a department's chain of command.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 143.201 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 5 - Matters Affecting Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle A - Municipal Officers and Employees|Chapter 143 - Municipal Civil Service for Firefighters and Police Officers|Subchapter H. Local Control of Fire Fighter Employment Matters in Municipalities With Population of 1.5 Million or More|Section 143.201. Population

Sec. 143.201.  POPULATION.  This subchapter applies only to a municipality with a population of 1.5 million or more, but does not apply to a municipality that has adopted The Fire and Police Employee Relations Act (Article 5154c-1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 676, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 143.202 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 5 - Matters Affecting Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle A - Municipal Officers and Employees|Chapter 143 - Municipal Civil Service for Firefighters and Police Officers|Subchapter H. Local Control of Fire Fighter Employment Matters in Municipalities With Population of 1.5 Million or More|Section 143.202. Definitions

Sec. 143.202.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "Fire fighters association" means an organization in which fire fighters participate and which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with one or more employers, whether public or private, concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or conditions of work affecting public employees.(2)  "Public employer" means any municipality or agency, board, commission, or political subdivision controlled by a municipality which is required to establish the wages, salaries, rates of pay, hours, working conditions, and other terms and conditions of employment of public employees.  The term may include, under appropriate circumstances, a mayor, manager, administrator of a municipality, municipal governing body, director of personnel, personnel board, or one or more other officials, regardless of the name by which they are designated.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 676, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 143.203 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 5 - Matters Affecting Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle A - Municipal Officers and Employees|Chapter 143 - Municipal Civil Service for Firefighters and Police Officers|Subchapter H. Local Control of Fire Fighter Employment Matters in Municipalities With Population of 1.5 Million or More|Section 143.203. General Provisions Relating to Agreements, Recognition, and Strikes

Sec. 143.203.  GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO AGREEMENTS, RECOGNITION, AND STRIKES.  (a)  A municipality may not be denied local control over the wages, salaries, rates of pay, hours of work, and other terms and conditions of employment, or other state-mandated personnel issues, if the public employer and the fire fighters association recognized as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for all officers covered by this subchapter come to a mutual agreement on any of the terms listed above.  If no agreement is reached, the existing state laws, local ordinances, and civil service rules remain unaffected.  All agreements shall be reduced to writing.  Nothing in this subchapter shall require either party to meet and confer on any issue or reach an agreement.(b)  A public employer may only meet and confer if the fire fighters association recognized under this subchapter as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent does not advocate the illegal right to strike by public employees.(c)  Fire fighters of a municipality may not engage in strikes or organized work stoppages against this state or a political subdivision of this state.  A fire fighter who participates in a strike forfeits all civil service rights, reemployment rights, and any other rights, benefits, or privileges the fire fighter enjoys as a result of employment or prior employment, except that the right of an individual to cease work may not be abridged if the individual is not acting in concert with others in an organized work stoppage.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 676, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 143.204 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 5 - Matters Affecting Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle A - Municipal Officers and Employees|Chapter 143 - Municipal Civil Service for Firefighters and Police Officers|Subchapter H. Local Control of Fire Fighter Employment Matters in Municipalities With Population of 1.5 Million or More|Section 143.204. Recognition of Fire Fighter Association

Sec. 143.204.  RECOGNITION OF FIRE FIGHTER ASSOCIATION.  (a)  A fire fighters association submitting a petition signed by a majority of the paid fire fighters in the municipality, excluding the head of the department and assistant department heads in the rank or classification immediately below that of the department head, may be recognized by the public employer as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for all of the covered fire fighters unless and until recognition of the association is withdrawn by a majority of those fire fighters.(b)  In the event of a question about whether a fire fighters association represents a majority of the covered fire fighters, the question shall be resolved by a fair election conducted according to procedures agreeable to the parties.  If the parties are unable to agree on such procedures, either party may request the American Arbitration Association to conduct the election and to certify the results.  Certification of the results of an election resolves the question concerning representation.  The fire fighters association is liable for the expenses of the election, except that if two or more associations seeking recognition as the bargaining agent submit petitions signed by a majority of the covered fire fighters, the associations shall share equally the costs of the election.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 676, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 143.205 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 5 - Matters Affecting Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle A - Municipal Officers and Employees|Chapter 143 - Municipal Civil Service for Firefighters and Police Officers|Subchapter H. Local Control of Fire Fighter Employment Matters in Municipalities With Population of 1.5 Million or More|Section 143.205. Open Records Required

Sec. 143.205.  OPEN RECORDS REQUIRED.  All documents relating to an agreement between a fire fighters association and a public employer shall be available to the public pursuant to state statutes.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 676, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|