By Farabee H.B. No. 1074
77R4983 JD-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the requirements for a meeting of a governmental body
1-3 held by videoconference call.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Sections 551.127(b) and (d), Government Code, are
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (b) A meeting may be held by videoconference call only if a
1-8 majority of the quorum of the governmental body is physically
1-9 present at one location of the meeting.
1-10 (d) The notice of a meeting to be held by videoconference
1-11 call must specify as a location of the meeting each [the] location
1-12 where a majority of the quorum of the governmental body will be
1-13 physically present and specify the intent to have a majority of the
1-14 quorum present at that location. In addition, the notice of the
1-15 meeting must specify as a location of the meeting each other
1-16 location where a member of the governmental body who will
1-17 participate in the meeting will be physically present during the
1-18 meeting. Each of the locations shall be open to the public during
1-19 the open portions of the meeting.
1-20 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.