Bill Text: TX SB1904 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the definition of a governmental body for the purposes of the open meetings and public information laws.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (N/A - Dead) 2011-05-19 - No action taken in committee [SB1904 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SB1904-Introduced.html

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82R21431 RWG-F
By: Wentworth S.B. No. 1904

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the definition of a governmental body for the purposes
of the open meetings and public information laws.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 551.001(3), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(3) "Governmental body" means:
(A) a board, commission, department, committee,
or agency within the executive or legislative branch of state
government that is directed by one or more elected or appointed
members;
(B) a county commissioners court in the state;
(C) a municipal governing body in the state;
(D) a deliberative body that has rulemaking or
quasi-judicial power and that is classified as a department,
agency, or political subdivision of a county or municipality;
(E) a school district board of trustees;
(F) a county board of school trustees;
(G) a county board of education;
(H) the governing board of a special district
created by law;
(I) a local workforce development board created
under Section 2308.253;
(J) a nonprofit corporation that is eligible to
receive funds under the federal community services block grant
program and that is authorized by this state to serve a geographic
area of the state; [and]
(K) a nonprofit corporation organized under
Chapter 67, Water Code, that provides a water supply or wastewater
service, or both, and is exempt from ad valorem taxation under
Section 11.30, Tax Code; and
(L) a private or independent institution of
higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code,
that has contracted with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board under Subchapter D, Chapter 61, Education Code.
SECTION 2. Section 552.003(1), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(1) "Governmental body":
(A) means:
(i) a board, commission, department,
committee, institution, agency, or office that is within or is
created by the executive or legislative branch of state government
and that is directed by one or more elected or appointed members;
(ii) a county commissioners court in the
state;
(iii) a municipal governing body in the
state;
(iv) a deliberative body that has
rulemaking or quasi-judicial power and that is classified as a
department, agency, or political subdivision of a county or
municipality;
(v) a school district board of trustees;
(vi) a county board of school trustees;
(vii) a county board of education;
(viii) the governing board of a special
district;
(ix) the governing body of a nonprofit
corporation organized under Chapter 67, Water Code, that provides a
water supply or wastewater service, or both, and is exempt from ad
valorem taxation under Section 11.30, Tax Code;
(x) a local workforce development board
created under Section 2308.253;
(xi) a nonprofit corporation that is
eligible to receive funds under the federal community services
block grant program and that is authorized by this state to serve a
geographic area of the state; [and]
(xii) the part, section, or portion of an
organization, corporation, commission, committee, institution, or
agency that spends or that is supported in whole or in part by
public funds; and
(xiii) a private or independent institution
of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code,
that has contracted with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board under Subchapter D, Chapter 61, Education Code; and
(B) does not include the judiciary.
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, 2011.