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.