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SB 1047 is amended on third reading by creating a new Section
_____ as follows and renumbering all subsequent sections
accordingly.
SECTION _____. Section 25.051, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding a new subsection "(b)" as follows:
"(b) This chapter does not limit the authority of the
governing body of a general-law municipality to appoint and
prescribe the powers and duties of a municipal officer or employee
under Chapter 22, 23, or 24."