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         By Chisum                                             H.B. No. 1605
         Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1605:
         By Callegari                                      C.S.H.B. No. 1605
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to authorizing members of the governing body of certain
 1-3     municipalities to serve as volunteers.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 21, Local Government Code,
 1-6     is amended to read as follows:
 1-7         CHAPTER 21. GENERAL PROVISIONS AFFECTING GOVERNING BODY OF
 1-8                         [GENERAL-LAW] MUNICIPALITY
 1-9           SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 21, Local Government Code,
1-10     is amended by adding Section 21.002 to read as follows:
1-11           Sec. 21.002.  MEMBERS OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL GOVERNING BODIES
1-12     MAY VOLUNTEER. (a)  This section applies only to a municipality
1-13     with a population of less than 10,000.
1-14           (b)  A member of the governing body of a municipality may
1-15     serve as a volunteer for an organization that protects the health,
1-16     safety, or welfare of the municipality regardless of whether the
1-17     organization is funded or supported in whole or part by the
1-18     municipality if the governing body adopts a resolution allowing
1-19     members of the governing body to perform service of that nature.
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.