HBA-JEK H.B. 1507 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1507
By: Yarbrough
Urban Affairs
3/5/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Current law establishes certain civil service requirements for firefighters
and police officers in cities with a population of 1.5 million or more that
have adopted the provisions for municipal civil service. The only city
currently affected by these provisions is Houston, Texas.  House Bill 1507
refines these provisions to require all firefighter work, except for the
duties of certain persons, to be performed and supervised by fire
department personnel who are selected in accordance with the provisions for
municipal civil service. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 1507 amends the Local Government Code to require in a
municipality of 1.5 million or more that fire suppression, fire prevention,
fire training, fire safety education, fire maintenance, fire
communications, fire medical emergency technology, fire photography, and
fire administration be performed and supervised by fire department
personnel who are classified by the Fire Fighters' and Police Officers'
Civil Service Commission.  The bill provides that the work of the
department head, the assistant chief, and purely clerical personnel is not
required to be performed and supervised by such fire department personnel. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.