Section 142.051 - Applicability(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), this subchapter applies only to: (1) a municipality, and a police officer in a municipality, with a population of 50,000 or more;(2) a municipality, and a police officer in a municipality, that has adopted Chapter 143; or(3) a police officer not covered by a collective bargaining agreement adopted under Chapter 174 in a municipality that has adopted Chapter 174 for police officers in the police department, and the municipality that appoints or employs such a police officer.(b) This subchapter does not apply to:(1) a police officer who is covered by a collective bargaining agreement adopted under Chapter 174;(2) a police officer who is covered by an agreement adopted under Subchapter H, I, or J, Chapter 143;(3) a municipality that has a population of one million or more and has not adopted Chapter 143; or(4) a municipality that has adopted Subchapter I, Chapter 143, in an election authorized by Section 143.3015.Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 142.051
Amended By Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1305, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2007.Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1193, Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2005.