1-1     By:  Wentworth                                        S.B. No. 1280
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 11, 1999; March 11, 1999, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
 1-4     March 29, 1999, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
 1-5     Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 29, 1999,
 1-6     sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1280               By:  Wentworth
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to an exemption from the requirements of the open meetings
1-11     law for certain negotiations involving the Texas Lottery
1-12     Commission.
1-13           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-14           SECTION 1.  Section 467.030, Government Code, is amended to
1-15     read as follows:
1-16           Sec. 467.030.  MEETINGS.  (a)  The commission shall hold at
1-17     least six regular meetings each year on dates fixed by the
1-18     commission.  The commission may meet at other times at the call of
1-19     the presiding officer or as provided by commission rule.
1-20           (b)  Section 551.002 does not apply to a closed meeting of
1-21     the commission relating to the negotiation of a lottery operator's
1-22     contract if the commission determines, in writing, that an open
1-23     meeting would have a detrimental effect on the commission's
1-24     position in the negotiations.
1-25           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
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