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