Examination and minimum age of applicants; exclusion of applicants likely to impair service.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 14-5
in effectSec. 14-5. - Examination and minimum age of applicants; exclusion of applicants likely to impair service.
(a) It shall be the duty of the civil service commission to provide that all applicants for offices, places or positions in such classified civil service shall be subject to examination, either written or oral, which shall be open, competitive and free to those authorized to work in the United States of America provided, however, that the minimum age of applicants for original employment in such classified civil service shall be 18 years. Such examinations shall be practical in their nature and character and shall relate to those matters which will fairly test the relative capacity of the person examined to discharge the duties of the office, position or place to which he seeks to be appointed. No question in any examination shall relate to political or religious opinions or affiliations. The commission shall have direct charge and control of all examinations of whatsoever character.
(b) No applicant shall be entitled to take any examination hereinabove provided for unless the applicant shall have filed with the human resources director his application prior to the date of examination.
(Ord. No. 2015-1300, § 2(Exh. A), 12-16-2015)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH14CISE_ARTIINGE_S14-5EXMIAGAPEXAPLIIMSEFetched: 10/26/2026