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      S.B. No. 1957         AN ACT   relating to the eligibility of a person to serve on a civilian   oversight board.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 143.003, Local Government Code, is   amended by amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivision (1-a) to   read as follows:                (1)   "Civilian oversight board" means a board or office   established by a municipality to practice oversight, monitoring, or   investigations of fire fighters or police officers, or departments,   by members of the public who are not fire fighters or police   officers.                 (1-a)   "Commission" means the Fire Fighters' and Police   Officers' Civil Service Commission.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter F, Chapter 143, Local Government   Code, is amended by adding Section 143.091 to read as follows:           Sec.   143.091.     ELIGIBILITY FOR CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT BOARD. A   person is not eligible to serve on a civilian oversight board if the   person has been convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication   community supervision for a felony offense.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.               ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1957 passed the Senate on   May 8, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 23, Nays 8; and that the   Senate concurred in House amendment on May 30, 2025, by the   following vote: Yeas 23, Nays 8.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1957 passed the House, with   amendment, on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 100,   Nays 38, two present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor