Sec. 158.031.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:
(1)  "Commission" means a sheriff's department civil service commission.
(2)  "Department" means a sheriff's department.
(3)  "Employee" means an employee of a sheriff's department.  The term includes a deputy sheriff.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.