BILL ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 1734

By: Gutierrez

Urban Affairs

Committee Report (Substituted)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

Current law provides the mayor of certain municipalities with an aldermanic form of government the option to call a special meeting of the municipality's governing body on the application of three aldermen. C.S.H.B. 1734 seeks to make the calling of such a special meeting a requirement on the application of three aldermen.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 1734 amends the Local Government Code to require, rather than authorize, the mayor of a Type A general-law municipality with an aldermanic form of government to call a special meeting of the governing body on the application of three aldermen.

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2013.

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE

C.S.H.B. 1734 differs from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways by conforming to certain bill drafting conventions and by making the bill effective on passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2013, rather than on September 1, 2013.