Bill Text: TX HB3811 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to meetings held by certain conservation and reclamation districts.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-01 - Received from the House [HB3811 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3811-Engrossed.html
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By: Jetton, Sherman, Sr. | H.B. No. 3811 |
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relating to meetings held by certain conservation and reclamation | ||
districts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 36.064, Water Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), meetings | ||
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posted in accordance with [ |
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Government Code. A meeting of a committee of the board, or a | ||
committee composed of representatives of more than one board, where | ||
less than a quorum of any one board is present is not subject to the | ||
provisions of [ |
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Code. | ||
(c) Notwithstanding Sections 551.127 and 551.131, | ||
Government Code, the board may hold any regular or special meeting | ||
by videoconference call if a member of the board presiding over the | ||
meeting is physically present at a location that is open to the | ||
public during the open portions of the meeting. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 49.064, Water Code, is amended to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 49.064. MEETINGS. (a) The board shall hold such | ||
regular and special meetings as may be necessary for the proper | ||
conduct of the district's business. Except as otherwise provided | ||
by this section, all [ |
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accordance with [ |
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Code. A meeting of a committee of the board, or a committee | ||
composed of representatives of more than one board, where less than | ||
a quorum of any one board is present is not subject to the | ||
provisions of [ |
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Code. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding Sections 551.127 and 551.131, | ||
Government Code, the board may hold any regular or special meeting | ||
by videoconference call if a member of the board presiding over the | ||
meeting is physically present at one location of the meeting that is | ||
open to the public during the open portions of the meeting. | ||
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, 2023. |