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Tex. Local Government Code § 370.009: APPOINTING OR EMPLOYING CERTAIN VETERANS TO POSITION REQUIRING LICENSURE.
Where this section sits in the code
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
- TITLE 11. PUBLIC SAFETY
- SUBTITLE C. PUBLIC SAFETY PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- CHAPTER 370. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY OF MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
(a) In this section, "commission" means the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a political subdivision that appoints or employs a person to hold a position that requires the person to be licensed by the commission may appoint or employ a legal permanent resident of the United States to hold the position if the person is an honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United States with at least two years of service before discharge and holds the appropriate license issued by the commission.
(c) A political subdivision may not appoint or employ a person under this section to hold a supervisory position until the person becomes a United States citizen.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1049 (S.B. 252), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
Redesignated from Local Government Code, Section 370.007 by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 204 (H.B. 1620), Sec. 22.001(28), eff. September 1, 2025.
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