Texas Local Government Code

§ 143.003 — DEFINITIONS

LG § 143.003Title 5. MATTERS AFFECTING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES · Part A. MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES · Ch. 143. MUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE FOR FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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In this chapter:

(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.

(2)"Department head" means the chief or head of a fire or police department or that person's equivalent, regardless of the name or title used.

(3)"Director" means the director of fire fighters' and police officers' civil service.

(4)"Fire fighter" means a member of a fire department who was appointed in substantial compliance with this chapter or who is entitled to civil service status under Section 143.005 or 143.084. The term:

(A)applies only to an employee of a fire department whose position requires substantial knowledge of fire fighting and who has met the requirements for certification by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection under Chapter 419, Government Code, including an employee who performs:

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Legislative history

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 738 (H.B. 2640), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 867 (S.B. 1957), Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2025.