Bill Text: TX HB420 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the meeting places for the board of directors of certain water districts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB420 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB420-Introduced.html

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89R2262 SCP-D
By: Bell of Kaufman H.B. No. 420

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the meeting places for the board of directors of certain
water districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 49, Water Code, is amended
by adding Section 49.0621 to read as follows:
Sec. 49.0621. MEETING PLACES FOR BOARD OF CERTAIN
DISTRICTS. (a) This section applies only to a district wholly or
partly located in a county that:
(1) contains a portion of the Cedar Creek Reservoir;
and
(2) borders a county with a population of 2.6 million
or more.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 49.062, if the board of a
district to which this section applies conducts meetings at least
quarterly, the board shall conduct a meeting at least once per
quarter at a designated meeting location:
(1) inside the district; or
(2) within 10 miles of the boundary of the district.
(c) Notwithstanding Chapter 551, Government Code, and
except as provided by this subsection, a district to which this
section applies may satisfy the requirements of Subsection (b) of
this section by conducting quarterly meetings by telephone
conference call or video conference call. A meeting to discuss the
tax rate of the district must be conducted in person.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.