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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a hospital district governing board to |
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conduct a closed meeting to deliberate certain issues. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 551, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 551.0727 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 551.0727. HOSPITAL DISTRICT: DELIBERATION REGARDING |
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CONTRACT BEING NEGOTIATED; CLOSED MEETING. (a) The governing board |
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of a hospital district created under general or special law may |
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conduct a closed meeting to deliberate business and financial |
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issues relating to a contract being negotiated if, before |
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conducting the closed meeting: |
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(1) the governing board votes unanimously that |
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deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on |
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the position of the governing board in negotiations with a third |
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person; and |
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(2) the attorney advising the governing board issues a |
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written determination that deliberation in an open meeting would |
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have a detrimental effect on the position of the governing board in |
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negotiations with a third person. |
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(b) Notwithstanding Section 551.103(a), the governing board |
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of a hospital district must make a recording of the proceedings of a |
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closed meeting to deliberate the information. |
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SECTION 2. Section 551.085, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) This chapter does not require the governing board of a |
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hospital district created under general or special law to conduct |
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an open meeting to deliberate information relating to a proposed |
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expansion of an existing service or product line of the hospital |
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district before publicly announcing the expansion. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |