By Truitt H.B. No. 351
77R1688 ATP-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the authority of the commissioners court of a county to
1-3 meet and transact business in a municipality other than the county
1-4 seat.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 81.005(c), Local Government Code, is
1-7 amended to read as follows:
1-8 (c) Except as provided by Subsection (f) of this section,
1-9 the term shall be held at:
1-10 (1) the county seat at the courthouse;
1-11 (2) an auxiliary courthouse, courthouse annex, or
1-12 another building in the county acquired by the county under Chapter
1-13 292, 293, or 305 or another law, that houses county administration
1-14 offices or county or district courts, located inside the municipal
1-15 limits of the county seat;
1-16 (3) the regular meeting place of another political
1-17 subdivision if:
1-18 (A) the commissioners court meets with the
1-19 governing body of that political subdivision located wholly or
1-20 partly within the county; and
1-21 (B) the regular meeting place of that political
1-22 subdivision is in the county;
1-23 (4) a meeting place in the county in a building owned
1-24 by another political subdivision located wholly or partly in the
2-1 county if:
2-2 (A) the commissioners court meets with the
2-3 governing body of that political subdivision;
2-4 (B) the places where the commissioners court and
2-5 the governing body of the political subdivision regularly hold
2-6 their meetings are not large enough to accommodate the number of
2-7 persons expected to attend the meeting; and
2-8 (C) the meeting place in the building owned by
2-9 the political subdivision is large enough to accommodate the
2-10 expected number of persons; [or]
2-11 (5) a meeting place in the county in a building owned
2-12 by the county if:
2-13 (A) the place where the commissioners court
2-14 regularly holds its meetings is not large enough to accommodate the
2-15 number of persons expected to attend the meeting; and
2-16 (B) the meeting place in the building owned by
2-17 the county is large enough to accommodate the expected number of
2-18 persons; or
2-19 (6) a meeting place located in a municipality in the
2-20 county other than the county seat if:
2-21 (A) the commissioners court agrees to meet in
2-22 the municipality; and
2-23 (B) the meeting place is in a building providing
2-24 public access that can accommodate the number of persons expected
2-25 to attend the meeting.
2-26 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-27 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
3-1 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
3-2 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
3-3 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.