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LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODETitle 5 - MATTERS AFFECTING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEESSubtitle A - MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEESChapter 143 - MUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE FOR FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS
Subchapter G - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MUNICIPALITY WITH POPULATION OF 1.5 MILLION OR MORE AND CERTAIN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES
Section 143.1055 - Applicant for Beginning Position in Police Department With Previous Experience

Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 143.1055

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Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 143.1055 - Applicant for Beginning Position in Police Department With Previous Experience

Notwithstanding any other requirement of this chapter, for any applicant for a beginning position in the police department who has previous experience as a police officer with another police department, the police department may:

(1) modify the police officer training academy requirements for the applicant; and
(2) allow the applicant to take the entrance examination before completing the academy training.

Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 143.1055

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 629, Sec. 1, eff. 6/17/2005.