By Wentworth S.B. No. 170 77R2502 JRD-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the application of the open meetings law to attendance 1-3 at a legislative committee meeting by a quorum of another 1-4 governmental body. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 551, Government Code, is 1-7 amended by adding Section 551.0035 to read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 551.0035. ATTENDANCE BY GOVERNMENTAL BODY AT 1-9 LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MEETING. (a) This section applies only to 1-10 the attendance by a quorum of a governmental body at a meeting of a 1-11 committee of the legislature. This section does not apply to 1-12 attendance at the meeting by members of the legislative committee 1-13 holding the meeting. 1-14 (b) The attendance by a quorum of a governmental body at a 1-15 meeting of a committee of the legislature is not considered to be a 1-16 meeting of that governmental body if the deliberations at the 1-17 meeting by the members of that governmental body consist only of 1-18 publicly testifying at the meeting, publicly commenting at the 1-19 meeting, and publicly responding at the meeting to a question asked 1-20 by a member of the legislative committee. 1-21 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-22 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-23 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-24 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 2-1 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.