{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-158.040","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 158.040","heading":"EXCLUSIVITY.","body":"A civil service system created under this subchapter and in effect applies to the department to the exclusion of a civil service system in that county created under Subchapter A or another law.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 5. MATTERS AFFECTING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","SUBTITLE B. COUNTY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 158. COUNTY CIVIL SERVICE","SUBCHAPTER B. SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM IN CERTAIN COUNTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.158.htm#158.040","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"0c61b256cb4f8d8bcfa8b35bf139e27c1777d18a8520a3b43c081fe933e43240","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-158.039","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-158.041"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}