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House Bill 976 |
House Author: Madden |
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Effective: 6-17-05 |
Senate Sponsor: Wentworth |
House Bill 976 amends the open meetings law in the Government Code to authorize the Texas Building and Procurement Commission to conduct a closed meeting to deliberate business and financial issues relating to a contract being negotiated, if two conditions are met in advance of the closed meeting. The attorney advising the commission must issue a written determination finding that deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the state's negotiating position with a third person, and commission members must vote unanimously that it would have such a detrimental effect. The bill requires the commission to make a tape recording of the closed meeting.