By Wilson                                              H.B. No. 746
         77R4245 PAM-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to residency requirements for employees of certain
 1-3     municipalities.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 150.021, Local Government Code, is
 1-6     amended by amending Subsection (a)  and adding Subsection (d) to
 1-7     read as follows:
 1-8           (a)  A municipality with a population of less than 1.6
 1-9     million may not require residency within the municipal limits as a
1-10     condition of employment with the municipality.  A municipality may
1-11     require residency within the United States as a condition of
1-12     employment.
1-13           (d)  A municipality with a population of 1.6 million or more
1-14     may not have a person in its employment unless the person resides
1-15     within the corporate limits of the municipality.
1-16           SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act does not apply
1-17     to a person who, immediately before the effective date of this Act,
1-18     was in the employment of the municipality and resided outside the
1-19     corporate limits of the municipality.
1-20           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-21     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-22     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-23     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-24     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.