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.