SRC-SEW H.B. 1091 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 1091
77R9368 ATP-DBy: Reyna, Elvira (West)
Intergovernmental Relations
5/4/2001
Engrossed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, no city, municipality, county, state, or federal
employee is prohibited from serving on a county civil service commission.
Also under current law, members of the county civil service commission are
appointed by the commissioners court. In Dallas County, members of the
commissioners court have been appointed to the Dallas County Civil Service
Commission. H.B. 1091 provides that a member of the commissioners court of
a county with a population of 1.8 million or more is not prohibited from
being appointed to the county civil service commission.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 158.008, Local Government Code, by adding
Subsection (e), to provide that a member of the commissioners court of a
county with a population of 1.8 million or more is not prohibited from
being appointed to the civil service commission.  

SECTION 2.  Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2001.