Bill Text: TX HB3985 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to granting to the board of trustees of certain municipally owned utilities the authority to set the compensation of employees necessary to provide service and protect against interruption.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-31 - Referred to Urban Affairs [HB3985 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3985-Introduced.html
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By: Ortega | H.B. No. 3985 |
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relating to granting to the board of trustees of certain | ||
municipally owned utilities the authority to set the compensation | ||
of employees necessary to provide service and protect against | ||
interruption. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 552, Local Government | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 552.915 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 552.915. PERSONNEL AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN BOARDS OF | ||
TRUSTEES. (a) This section applies only to a board of trustees | ||
described by Section 1502.070(a)(2)(B), Government Code. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding any limitation provided by a home-rule | ||
charter or any other policy of a municipal governing body, a board | ||
of trustees has the exclusive authority to set the salary or | ||
compensation of employees of its utility system in positions | ||
classified as necessary to provide efficient service and protect | ||
against service interruption. | ||
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, 2017. |