By Janek                                              H.B. No. 2020
         76R7072 CAG-F                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to regulating conflicts of interest of certain elected
 1-3     local officials associated with certain labor organizations.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Chapter 171, Local Government Code, is amended by
 1-6     adding Section 171.0035 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 171.0035.  PROHIBITION RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT BY OR
 1-8     SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST IN LABOR ORGANIZATION.  (a)  This section
 1-9     applies only to a member of the governing body of a local
1-10     government who:
1-11                 (1)  is elected to serve on the governing body by the
1-12     general public; and
1-13                 (2)  is employed by or has a substantial interest in a
1-14     labor organization that represents employees of the local
1-15     government.
1-16           (b)  A person subject to this section may not participate in
1-17     any deliberation or action or attend a closed meeting concerning
1-18     the wages, hours of employment, or conditions of work of employees
1-19     of the local government that are represented by the labor
1-20     organization.
1-21           (c)  In this section, "local government" means a
1-22     municipality, county, or school district.
1-23           SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
1-24     to a member of a governing body of a municipality, county, or
 2-1     school district who is elected to a term on or after the effective
 2-2     date of this Act.  A member of a governing body of a municipality,
 2-3     county, or school district who is elected to a term before the
 2-4     effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect
 2-5     immediately preceding the effective date of this Act, and the
 2-6     former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
 2-7           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
 2-8     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
 2-9     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-10     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-11     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.