Bill Text: TX SB685 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the applicability of open meetings and public information laws to the education research center advisory board.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-01 - Effective on 9/1/15 [SB685 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB685-Enrolled.html

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S.B. No. 685

AN ACT
relating to the applicability of open meetings and public
information laws to the education research center advisory board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 1.006(b) and (e), Education Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(b) The advisory board is considered to be [not] a
governmental body for purposes of Chapters [Chapter] 551 and [or]
552, Government Code.
(e) The advisory board shall meet at least quarterly. To
the extent and in the manner authorized by Chapter 551, Government
Code, any [Any] meeting of the advisory board may be conducted by
electronic means, including a meeting by telephone conference call,
by video conference call, through the Internet, or by any
combination of those means.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 685 passed the Senate on
April 16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 685 passed the House on
May 19, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0,
two present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor