By:  Wentworth                                                    S.B. No. 299

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the exception from required public disclosure of the name of an applicant for the position of city manager of certain home-rule municipalities. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 552, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 552.145 to read as follows: Sec. 552.145. EXCEPTION: NAME OF APPLICANT FOR CITY MANAGER OF CERTAIN HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITIES. The name of an applicant for the position of city manager of a home-rule municipality having a population of more than one million and operating under a council-manager form of government is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021. The city council, however, must give public notice of the name or names of the finalists being considered for the position before the 21st day before the date of the meeting at which a final action or vote is to be taken on the employment of a person to fill the position. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
Amend S.B. 299 as follows: On page 1, line 11, strike "one million" and substitute "500,000" Cook of Navarro