78R6076 JRD-D

By:  Marchant                                                     H.B. No. 2004



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to allowing a governmental body to deliberate in a closed 
meeting regarding the business and financial considerations of a 
proposed contract.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 551, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 551.0725 to read as follows:
	Sec. 551.0725.  DELIBERATION REGARDING PROPOSED CONTRACT; 
CLOSED MEETING.  A governmental body may conduct a closed meeting to 
deliberate the business and financial considerations relating to a 
proposed contract if deliberation in an open meeting would have a 
detrimental effect on the position of the governmental body in 
negotiations with a third person.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.