79R982 YDB-D

By:  Reyna                                                        H.B. No. 150



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the eligibility of a person to be appointed to serve on 
certain civil service commissions.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 143.006, Local Government Code, is 
amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
	(c-1) Subsection (c)(5) does not prohibit the municipality's 
chief executive from:
		(1)  reappointing a commission member to consecutive 
terms; or       
		(2)  appointing a former commission member to the 
commission if the only public office held by the former member 
within the preceding three years is membership on the commission.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.