By: Wentworth S.B. No. 592

(In the Senate - Filed February 13, 2007; February 26, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; March 21, 2007, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; March 21, 2007, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to special notice to the news media of the meeting of a governmental body in certain situations under the open meetings law.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 551.047, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(c) The presiding officer or member shall give the notice by telephone, facsimile transmission, or electronic mail [telegraph].

SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 551.052, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b) The notice shall be by telephone, facsimile transmission, or electronic mail [telegraph].

SECTION 3. 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, 2007.

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