By Walker                                             H.B. No. 2032
         77R5008 QS-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the notice requirements for joint meetings of the
 1-3     boards of water districts.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 36.108(c), Water Code, is amended to read
 1-6     as follows:
 1-7           (c)  A joint meeting of the boards of directors must be held
 1-8     in accordance with the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Government
 1-9     Code.  Notice of the meeting shall be given in accordance with the
1-10     requirements for notice of district board of directors meetings
1-11     under that Act.  [In addition, notice of the meeting shall be
1-12     published not later than the 30th day before the date of the
1-13     scheduled meeting in a newspaper with general circulation in each
1-14     county in the management area.]
1-15           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.