Bill Text: TX HB849 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a county board of park commissioners to hold a meeting by videoconference call.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB849 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB849-Introduced.html

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89R2738 TJB-D
By: Vasut H.B. No. 849

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a county board of park commissioners to
hold a meeting by videoconference call.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 551.127(c), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c) This subsection applies only to a [A] meeting of a state
governmental body, [or] a governmental body that extends into three
or more counties, or a county board of park commissioners. A
meeting may be held by videoconference call only if the member of
the governmental body 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 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, 2025.