BILL ANALYSIS



C.S.H.B. 1652
By: Tillery
4-26-95
Committee Report (Substituted)


BACKGROUND

Current law provides that sheriff's departments in a county with a
population of 2,000,000 or more maintain a permanent personnel file
on each employee. 

PURPOSE

As proposed, CSHB 1652 will assist sheriffs in and their
departments, in small and large counties, in developing employee
relations and standardizing employee work performance
documentation.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly
grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer,
department, agency or institution.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

     Section 1:     Amends Section 157.904(a) and (c) as follows:

               (a) This section applies only to a sheriff's
department in a county with a                population of 100,000
or more.

               (c) In a county with a population of 2,000,000 or
more, the sheriff or his                designee shall maintain a
permanent file on each department employee. In              any
county to which this section applies, and in which the sheriff or
his            designee maintains a permanent file, the file must
contain currently             required information.
     
     Section 2:  Emergency clause. 


COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

The original bill lowered the population bracket from 2,000,000 to
100,000 in subsection (a) of the bill. 
The committee substitute lowers the population bracket as well and
adds that in a county with a population of 2,000,000 or more, the
sheriff or his designee shall maintain a permanent file on each
department employee. The committee substitute also adds that in any
county to which this section applies, and in which the sheriff or
his designee maintains a permanent file, the file must contain the
currently required information.

SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE ACTION

HB 1652 was considered by the County Affairs Committee in a public
hearing on 4/5/95. Representative Tillery opened. The chair
recognized the following people to testify for HB 1652: Lynwood
Moreau; and Jack Means. The chair recognized the following people
to testify against HB 1652: Jim Allison; and Dan Smith.
Representative Tillery closed. HB 1652 was left pending. HB 1652
was considered by the County Affairs Committee in a public hearing
on 4/26/95. The committee considered a complete committee
substitute. The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
HB 1652 was reported favorably, as substituted, with the
recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the
Committee on Local and Consent Calendars, by the record vote of 8
ayes, 0 nays, 0 pnv, 1 absent. The vote by which HB 1652, as
substituted, was reported to the full house with the recommendation
that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on
Local and Consent Calendars was reconsidered by the record vote of
6 ayes, 0 nays, 0 pnv, 3 absent. HB 1652 was then reported
favorably, as substituted, with the recommendation that it do pass
and be printed, by the record vote of 6 ayes, 0 nays, 0 pnv, 3
absent.