S.B. No. 734




AN ACT

relating to the power of appointment in certain municipalities 
having city managers.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 25.051, Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 25.051.  OTHER MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.  (a)  After a 
municipality adopts the city manager form of government under this 
chapter, all municipal officers, except members of the governing 
body of the municipality, shall be appointed as provided by 
ordinance.  However, an elected officer serving at the time of the 
adoption of the city manager form of government may continue to 
serve until the expiration of the officer's term.
	(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.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           

                                                                              




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President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 734 passed the Senate on 
May 1, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the 
Senate concurred in House amendment on May 31, 2003, by the 
following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.




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   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 734 passed the House, with 
amendment, on May 28, 2003, by a non-record vote.




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   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


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            Date



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          Governor