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H.B. No. 150
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 150 was passed by the House on April
13, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 150 was passed by the Senate on May
19, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
_____________________
Governor