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.