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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to special notice to the news media of the meeting of a |
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governmental body in certain situations under the open meetings |
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law. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 551.047, Government |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The presiding officer or member shall give the notice by |
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telephone, facsimile transmission, or electronic mail [telegraph]. |
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SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 551.052, Government |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The notice shall be by telephone, facsimile |
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transmission, or electronic mail [telegraph]. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |