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  80R9550 ATP-D
 
  By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1499
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the meeting notice that a governmental body may post in
certain emergency situations.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 551.045, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
       (e)  For purposes of Subsection (b)(2), the sudden
relocation of a large number of residents from the area of a
declared disaster to a governmental body's jurisdiction is
considered a reasonably unforeseeable situation for a reasonable
period immediately following the relocation.
       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, 2007.