Bill Text: TX HB2259 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to circumstances under which a vacancy on the governing body occurs in certain municipalities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2259 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2259-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2259 | ||
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| relating to circumstances under which a vacancy on the governing | ||
| body occurs in certain municipalities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 22.041, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) In addition to an absence described by Subsection (b), a | ||
| member of a governing body is also considered absent for the | ||
| purposes of that subsection if the member is not present at the | ||
| adjournment of a meeting at which a quorum is established, unless | ||
| the member is first allowed to withdraw by the unanimous vote of the | ||
| members present. This subsection applies only to a municipality | ||
| that is located in a county with a population of 800,000 or more | ||
| that is adjacent to an international border. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a meeting held on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2259 was passed by the House on May 1, | ||
| 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 2259 on May 24, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, | ||
| 2 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2259 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
| 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
