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By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1133
(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2005; March 21, 2005, read
first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
April 21, 2005, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 21, 2005,
sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1133 By: Armbrister
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to posting notice online of the meetings of certain
governmental bodies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 551, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 551.056 to read as follows:
Sec. 551.056. ADDITIONAL POSTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN
MUNICIPALITIES, COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, JUNIOR COLLEGE
DISTRICTS, AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS. (a) This section applies
only to a governmental body or economic development corporation
that maintains an Internet website or for which an Internet website
is maintained. This section does not apply to a governmental body
described by Section 551.001(3)(D).
(b) In addition to the other place at which notice is
required to be posted by this subchapter, the following
governmental bodies and economic development corporations must
also concurrently post notice of a meeting on the Internet website
of the governmental body or economic development corporation:
(1) a municipality;
(2) a county;
(3) a school district;
(4) the governing body of a junior college or junior
college district, including a college or district that has changed
its name in accordance with Chapter 130, Education Code; and
(5) a development corporation organized under the
Development Corporation Act of 1979 (Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas
Civil Statutes).
(c) The following governmental bodies and economic
development corporations must also concurrently post the agenda for
the meeting on the Internet website of the governmental body or
economic development corporation:
(1) a municipality with a population of 48,000 or
more;
(2) a county with a population of 65,000 or more;
(3) a school district that contains all or part of the
area within the corporate boundaries of a municipality with a
population of 48,000 or more;
(4) the governing body of a junior college district,
including a district that has changed its name in accordance with
Chapter 130, Education Code, that contains all or part of the area
within the corporate boundaries of a municipality with a population
of 48,000 or more; and
(5) a development corporation organized under the
Development Corporation Act of 1979 (Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas
Civil Statutes) that was created by or for:
(A) a municipality with a population of 48,000 or
more; or
(B) a county or district that contains all or
part of the area within the corporate boundaries of a municipality
with a population of 48,000 or more.
(d) The validity of a posted notice of a meeting or an agenda
by a governmental body or economic development corporation subject
to this section that made a good faith attempt to comply with the
requirements of this section is not affected by a failure to comply
with a requirement of this section that is due to a technical
problem beyond the control of the governmental body or economic
development corporation.
SECTION 2. Section 551.056, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies only in relation to a meeting held on or after
January 4, 2006.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2006.
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