SRC-SEW S.B. 1632 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1632
2001S0805/1By: Bernsen
Intergovernmental Relations
4/11/2001
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, only home-rule municipalities are authorized to
institute and prosecute suits without giving security for cost and to
appeal from a judgment without giving supersedeas or cost bond.  As
proposed, S.B. 1632 gives all municipalities, not just home-rule
municipalities, this authority. 

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 6.002(b), Civil Practice and Remedies Code, to
authorize a municipality, rather than a home-rule municipality, to
institute and prosecute suits without giving security for cost and to
appeal from judgment without giving supersedeas or cost bond. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2001.