By: Heflin (Senate Sponsor - Seliger) H.B. No. 383
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2009;
  May 4, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Intergovernmental Relations; May 22, 2009, reported adversely,
  with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5,
  Nays 0; May 22, 2009, sent to printer.)
 
  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 383 By:  Gallegos
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to county bail bond board meetings in certain counties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1704.055, Occupations Code, is amended
  by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
  follows:
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), a [A] board shall
  meet:
               (1)  at least once a month; and
               (2)  at other times at the call of the presiding
  officer.
         (c)  A board in a county with a population of less than 50,000
  shall meet at least four times each year during the months of
  January, April, July, and October at the call of the presiding
  officer.
         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, 2009.
 
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