79R3199 DRH-D

By:  Seliger                                                      S.B. No. 1136



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the method of selecting public members to serve on a 
county's salary grievance committee.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 152.015(b), Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(b)  Before the meeting, the county clerk shall place on a 
separate slip the name of each person who served on a grand jury in 
the county during the preceding calendar year.  At the meeting the 
slips shall be folded, placed in an appropriate container, and 
mixed.  The county judge shall draw at random a number of slips 
equal to the number of public members needed for the committee and 
the clerk shall keep a list of the names drawn [shall announce the 
names on the slips].  At the meeting the county judge may repeat 
this process and make a list of alternates to be kept by the clerk.  
A person whose name is drawn becomes a member of the committee or an 
alternate on submitting written acceptance to the clerk.  If a 
person refuses or is unable to serve on the committee, a replacement 
shall be appointed from the list of alternates.  If the list of 
alternates is exhausted or does not exist, a replacement shall be 
selected at the next regular or called commissioners court meeting 
by random selection of a slip from the remaining slips.  This 
process shall be repeated until the required number of public 
members is selected.  The names of the persons who are drawn and 
have accepted to serve as public members may not be disclosed 
publicly until the first public hearing held by the committee.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.