Honorable Jeff Wentworth, Chair, Senate Committee on Open Government, Select
FROM:
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB1906 by Wentworth (relating to certain notice requirements for municipalities and counties under the open meetings law.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Government Code to specify that notwithstanding Sections 551.041 and 551.042, a quorum of the governing body of a county may receive from staff of the political subdivision and a member of the governing body may make a report about items of community interest during a meeting without giving notice of the subject if no action is taken and possible action is not discussed regarding the information in the report.
The bill also would require a municipal governmental body to post notice of each meeting on a physical or an electronic bulletin board at a place convenient to the public in the city hall. The bill includes the definition of “electronic bulletin board” as a means of electronic communication system that a governmental body can post messages or notices viewable by the public.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.