HBA-RBT S.B. 395 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 395 By: Carona County Affairs 4/1/1999 Engrossed BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In 1935, a bracket bill was adopted that required all county employees in a county with a population of 500,000 or more to be employed by a written contract. Since adoption of this legislation, many counties have grown into that population bracket and some of those counties have their employees covered by the civil service system under Chapter 158 (County Civil Service). S.B. 395 excludes counties that are covered by the civil service system from the provision that county employees in a county with a population of 500,000 or more must be employed by a written contract. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 151.902, Local Government Code, by adding Subsection (d), to establish that this section (Employment Contracts in County With Population of 500,000 or More) does not apply to the employment of a person who is employed under a county civil service system created under Chapter 158 (County Civil Service). SECTION 2. Emergency clause. Effective date: upon passage.