LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE

TITLE 5. MATTERS AFFECTING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

SUBTITLE B. COUNTY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

CHAPTER 158. COUNTY CIVIL SERVICE

SUBCHAPTER A. COUNTY CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM

Sec. 158.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:
(1)  "Commission" means a county civil service commission.
(2)  "Employee" means a person who obtains a position by appointment and who is not authorized by statute to perform governmental functions involving an exercise of discretion in the person's own right, unless the person is included by a local civil service rule adopted under the procedures outlined in Section 158.009; or a person included in the coverage of a county civil service system as the result of an election held under Section 158.007.  The term does not include a person who holds an office the term of which is limited by the constitution of this state.
(3)  "Department" means a county, district, or precinct office or officer, agency, or board that has jurisdiction and control of the performance of employees' official duties.  The term includes a sheriff's department.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 881, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by: 
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 833 (H.B. 831), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.