Bill Text: TX SB917 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to meetings of the board of directors of a municipal utility district.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-27 - Left pending in committee [SB917 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB917-Introduced.html
88R1716 SGM-D | ||
By: Hall | S.B. No. 917 |
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relating to meetings of the board of directors of a municipal | ||
utility district. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 54, Water Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 54.104 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 54.104. MEETINGS. (a) A regular or special meeting of | ||
the board of a district must be held at a publicly accessible | ||
location inside or not more than five miles outside the territory of | ||
the district. | ||
(b) This section does not prohibit the board of a district | ||
from holding an open or closed meeting by telephone conference call | ||
or videoconference call in accordance with Chapter 551, Government | ||
Code. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |