1-1 By: Wentworth S.B. No. 131
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed November 27, 2000; January 11, 2001,
1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
1-4 February 14, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas
1-5 9, Nays 0; February 14, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the length of time notice of a meeting of a
1-9 governmental body with statewide jurisdiction must be posted under
1-10 the open meetings law.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 551.044, Government Code,
1-13 is amended to read as follows:
1-14 (a) The secretary of state must post notice on the Internet
1-15 of a meeting of a state board, commission, department, or officer
1-16 having statewide jurisdiction for at least five [seven] days before
1-17 the day of the meeting. The secretary of state shall provide
1-18 during regular office hours a computer terminal at a place
1-19 convenient to the public in the office of the secretary of state
1-20 that members of the public may use to view notices of meetings
1-21 posted by the secretary of state.
1-22 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. The
1-23 change in law made by this Act applies only to a meeting of a state
1-24 governmental body that first convenes on or after September 6,
1-25 2001.
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