Texas Local Government Code
§ 143.025 — ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS
LG § 143.025Title 5. MATTERS AFFECTING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES · Part A. MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES · Ch. 143. MUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE FOR FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS · Art. B. CLASSIFICATION AND APPOINTMENT
Statute text
View on source(a)The commission shall provide for open, competitive, and free entrance examinations to provide eligibility lists for beginning positions in the fire and police departments. The examinations are open to each person who makes a proper application and meets the requirements prescribed by this chapter.
(b)An eligibility list for a beginning position in the fire or police department may be created only as a result of a competitive examination held in the presence of each applicant for the position, except as provided by Subsections (d), (e), and (l). The examination must be based on the person's general knowledge and aptitude and must inquire into the applicant's general education and mental ability. A person may not be appointed to the fire or police department except as a result of the examination.
(c)An applicant may not take an examination unless at least one other applicant taking the examination is present.
(d)Examinations for beginning positions in the fire department may be held at different locations if each applicant takes the same examination and is examined in the presence of other applicants.
(e)This subsection applies only in a municipality to which Subchapter J does not apply. An examination for beginning positions in the police department must be held at one or more locations in the municipality in which the police department is located and may be held at additional locations outside the municipality. An examination held at multiple locations must be administered on the same day and at the same time at each location at which it is given. Only one eligibility list for a police department may be created from that examination, and only one eligibility list may be in effect at a given time. Each applicant who takes the examination for the eligibility list shall:
(1)take the same examination; and
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 380 (S.B. 1421), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 27 (S.B. 339), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 503 (H.B. 1488), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 132, eff. September 1, 2023.