1-1     By:  Reyna of Dallas (Senate Sponsor - West)          H.B. No. 1091
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001;
 1-3     April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Intergovernmental Relations; May 9, 2001, reported favorably by the
 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 9, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the appointment of members to certain county civil
 1-9     service commissions.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Section 158.008, Local Government Code, is amended
1-12     by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
1-13           (e)  A member of the commissioners court of a county with a
1-14     population of 1.8 million or more is not prohibited from being
1-15     appointed to the civil service commission.
1-16           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-17     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-18     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-19     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-20     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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