By:  Reyna, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Deuell)                      H.B. No. 150
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 14, 2005; 
April 18, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Intergovernmental Relations; May 12, 2005, reported favorably by 
the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 12, 2005, sent to 
printer.)

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 Subsections (c-1), (c-2), and (c-3) to read as follows: (c-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (c)(5), the municipality's chief executive may reappoint a commission member to consecutive terms. A commission member may not be reappointed to more than a third consecutive term unless the member's reappointment to a fourth or subsequent consecutive term is confirmed by a two-thirds majority of all the members of the municipality's governing body. (c-2) Subsection (c)(5) does not prohibit the municipality's chief executive from 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: (1) the commission; or (2) the commission and the municipality's civil service board for employees other than police officers and firefighters through a joint appointment to the commission and board. (c-3) Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) do not apply to a municipality with a population of 1.5 million or more. 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.
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