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KP-0044
Ken Paxton

Frequency of elections to certify representatives of police officers

GA-0027
Greg Abbott

Member of police department means employee of the department who has a peace officer's license|Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Education, phrase refers to Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education|Member of fire department|Member of police department|Hours of labor and vacation of members of fire and police department in certain municipalities applies only to a "member of the fire department" or to a "member of the police department"|Fire protection personnel, "member of the fire department" means an employee who is defined as

GA-0041
Greg Abbott

Civil service coverage, application to certain members of municipal fire department|Fire department member entitled to civil service protection if position requires substantial knowledge of fire fighting and work in the fire department

GA-0246
Greg Abbott

Second consecutive term, municipal civil service commissioner may not be reappointed to|Municipal civil service commissioner may not be reappointed to a second consecutive term

GA-0536
Greg Abbott

City Administrator of City of League City, Assistant Chief of Police on paid leave of absence is barred from serving as\r\n|City Administrator of City of League City, Assistant Chief of Police on paid leave of absence from position is barred from serving as\r\n|Assistant Chief of Police in City of League City does not hold civil service position\r\n

GA-0586
Greg Abbott

Local civil service commission may not adopt rules that awards additional points to applicants on the basis of residency within the municipality

GA-0612
Greg Abbott

Required appearance as witness before civil service commission, police officers and fire fighters are not entitled to payment from municipality for |Required appearance as witness before civil service commission, fire fighters are not entitled to payment from municipality for |Required appearance as witness before civil service commission, police officers are not entitled to payment from municipality for

GA-0670
Greg Abbott

Unconstitutional local or special law, test is whether there is a reasonable basis for the classification and whether the law operates equally on all within the class|Constitutionality of sections 143.088 and 143.1041, Local Government Code

GA-0741
Greg Abbott

Prohibition against certifying a person 45 years or older for a beginning position in a police department, no case or statute indicates that it applies to a police officer who voluntarily resigns and then is reappointed to a department\r\n|Fire Fighter and Police Officer Civil Service Act prohibition against certifying a person 45 years or older for a beginning position in a police department, no case or statute indicates that it applies to a police officer who voluntarily resigns and then is reappointed to a department

GA-1029
Greg Abbott

Municipal police department positions subject to Local Government Code chapter 143 must generally be filled by competitive examination process; section 143.014 provides exception to general rule and allows police department head to appoint if specific criteria is met.|Local Government Code chapter 143 defines \\"department head\\" as \\"the chief or head of a fire or police department or that person\\'s equivalent, regardless of the name or title used.\\"|Number of persons department head may appoint under 143.014(c) Local Government Code may not exceed number of positions, plus one, in classification \\"immediately below that of department head\\" on January 1, 1983, irrespective of the particular title used|Municipal police department positions subject to Local Government Code chapter 143 are generally filled by competitive examination process; section 143.014 exception allows appointment by police department head if specific criteria is met|Department head

DM-0248
Dan Morales

Resignation from civil service position in police department may not be withdrawn after acceptance by commission

DM-0447
Dan Morales

Rules adopted by fire and police civil service commission, authority of city to approve, reject, or review

JC-0143
John Cornyn

Citizenship requirement, authority of civil service commission to impose for beginning fire fighters

JC-0283
John Cornyn

Police officer's or fire fighter's confidential file may be released to city manager and city attorney with consent of chief executive and governing body of municipality|Police officer's and fire fighter's confidential file may be released to city manager and city attorney with consent of chief executive and governing body of municipality|Police officer's or fire fighter's confidential personnel file may be released to city manager and city attorney with consent of chief executive and governing body of municipality

JC-0310
John Cornyn

Retirement benefit under section 143.073(b) of the Local Government Code for fire fighters and police officers injured or becoming ill in the line of duty is available only if pension fund is exclusively for fire fighters or police officers rather than al|Benefit under section 143.073(b) of the Local Government Code for fire fighters and police officers injured or becoming ill in the line of duty is available only if pension fund is exclusively for fire fighters or police officers, not if fund covers all c

JC-0340
John Cornyn

Promotional examination for sergeant, Police Officers II and Police Officers III with two years continuous service with City of San Benito eligible to take

JC-0347
John Cornyn

Confirmation of member to Fire Fighters' and Police Officers' Civil Service Commission by governing body of municipality is discretionary rather than ministerial act|Term of member of Fire Fighters' and Police Officers' Civil Service Commission, expiration of does not constitute "vacancy"|Appointment of member of Fire Fighters' and Police Officers' Civil Service Commission, power to make belongs to chief executive of municipality|Appointment of member to Fire Fighters' and Police Officers' Civil Service Commission by chief executive of municipality requires confirmation by governing body|Vacancy