85R12019 GRM-F     By: Rodríguez S.B. No. 1472       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   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.