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MEMORANDUM
To: Mayor, City Council, and City Manager
From: Mark T. Sokolow, City Attorney %"(,~.~,,( ~~c*~/
Date: September 2, 2009
Subject: P. O. No. 6031; Council Meeting September 8, 2009
Attached is P. O. No. 6031 as it pertains to House Bill
2113 and September lleh
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Attachment
Copy to: Director of Personnel
Fire Chief
Police Chief
Director of Finance
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P. O. No. 6031
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NO.
AN ORDINANCE AS IT PERTAINS TO HOIISE BILL 2113
AND SEPTEMBER llT"
WHEREAS, House Bill 2113 grants a fire fighter the same number
of vacation days and holidays, or days in lieu of vacation days or
holidays, granted to other municipal employees, with at least one
day being designated as September 11T", as delineated in Exhibit
"A", attached hereto.
WHEREAS, House Bill 2113 also stated that a police officer
shall be granted the same number of vacation days and holidays or
days in lieu of vacation days or holidays granted to other
municipal employees and
WHEREAS, the fiscal analysis of the Legislative Budget Board
attached hereto as Exhibit "B" indicates that there was no fiscal
implication to units of local government being anticipated and
WHEREAS, the Articles of Agreement between the City of Port
Arthur and Local 397, International Association of Fire Fighters
provides for ten (10) paid holidays or days in lieu thereof as
follows:
1. New Year's Day
2. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
3. Good Friday
4. Memorial Day
5. Independence Day
6. Labor Day
7. Thanksgiving Day
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8. Day after Thanksgiving
9. Christmas Day
10. One "Floating" holiday as designated each year by the City
Council
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COIINCIL OF THE CITY
OF PORT ARTHIIR:
Section 1. That the facts and opinions in the preamble
are true and correct.
Section 2. That September 11th is herein designated as
the official floating holiday of the Port Arthur Fire Department.
Section 3. That a copy of the caption of this Ordinance
be spread upon the Minutes of the City Council.
READ, ADOPTED AND APPROVED on this day of ,
A.D., 2009, at a Council Meeting of the City Council of the City
of Port Arthur, Texas, by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor
City Council
NOES:
MAYOR
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ATTEST:
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED FOR ADMINISTRATION:
CI AGER
APPROVED AS TO AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS
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DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
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EXHIBIT "A"
81(R) HB 2113 -Enrolled version - Bill Text
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AN ACT
relating to the holidays for members of fire and police departments
in certain municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 142.0013 (c), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) A fire fighter [ ] shall be granted
the same number of vacation days and holidays, or days in lieu of
vacation days or holidays, granted to other municipal employeesi_at
least one of which shall be desicmated as September 11th.
SECTION 2. Section 142.0013, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) A police officer shall be Granted the same number of
vacation days and holidays, or days in lieu of vacation days or
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
President of the Senate
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2113 was passed by the House on April
15, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 2113 on May 29, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0,
1 present, not voting.
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2113 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 23, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED:
Date
Governor
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/html/I-IB02113F.htm 8/27/2009
EXHIBIT "B"
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81(R) HB 2113 -Enrolled version -Fiscal Note
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Tezas
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
May 28, 2009
"f0: Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives
FROitI: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
1 N RE: HB2113 by Walle (Relating to the holidays for members of fire and police
departments in certain municipalities.), As Passed 2nd House
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No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
LBB Staff: JOB, SD, DB
http://www.legisstate.tx.us/tlodocs/81 R/fiscalnotes/html/HB02113F.htm 8/27/2009