By Hilbert                                            H.B. No. 3139
         77R4188 YDB-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to an exemption from the requirements of the open meetings
 1-3     law for certain negotiations involving the Texas Lottery
 1-4     Commission.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1.  Section 467.030, Government Code, is amended to
 1-7     read as follows:
 1-8           Sec. 467.030.  MEETINGS.  (a)  The commission shall hold at
 1-9     least six regular meetings each year on dates fixed by the
1-10     commission.  The commission may meet at other times at the call of
1-11     the presiding officer or as provided by commission rule.
1-12           (b)  Section 551.002 does not apply to a closed meeting
1-13     between the commission and a lottery operator relating to the
1-14     negotiation of an operator's contract if the commission determines,
1-15     in writing, that an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on
1-16     the commission's position in the negotiations.
1-17           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.