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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to meetings held by certain conservation and reclamation |
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districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 36.064, Water Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), meetings |
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[Meetings] shall be conducted and notice of meetings shall be |
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posted in accordance with [the Open Meetings Act,] Chapter 551, |
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Government Code. A meeting of a committee of the board, or a |
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committee composed of representatives of more than one board, where |
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less than a quorum of any one board is present is not subject to the |
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provisions of [the Open Meetings Act,] Chapter 551, Government |
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Code. |
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(c) Notwithstanding Sections 551.127 and 551.131, |
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Government Code, the board may hold any regular or special meeting |
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by videoconference call if a member of the board presiding over the |
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meeting is physically present at a location that is open to the |
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public during the open portions of the meeting. |
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SECTION 2. Section 49.064, Water Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 49.064. MEETINGS. (a) The board shall hold such |
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regular and special meetings as may be necessary for the proper |
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conduct of the district's business. Except as otherwise provided |
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by this section, all [All] meetings shall be conducted in |
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accordance with [the open meetings law,] Chapter 551, Government |
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Code. A meeting of a committee of the board, or a committee |
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composed of representatives of more than one board, where less than |
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a quorum of any one board is present is not subject to the |
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provisions of [the open meetings law,] Chapter 551, Government |
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Code. |
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(b) Notwithstanding Sections 551.127 and 551.131, |
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Government Code, the board may hold any regular or special meeting |
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by videoconference call if a member of the board presiding over the |
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meeting is physically present at one location of the meeting that is |
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open to the public during the open portions of the meeting. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |