By: Moody (Senate Sponsor - Rodriguez) H.B. No. 2259

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 2, 2013; May 3, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations; May 16, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 16, 2013, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2259 By: Garcia

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to circumstances under which a vacancy on the governing body occurs in certain municipalities.

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

SECTION 1. Section 22.041, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:

(c) In addition to an absence described by Subsection (b), a member of a governing body is also considered absent for the purposes of that subsection if the member is not present at the adjournment of a meeting at which a quorum is established, unless the member is first allowed to withdraw by the unanimous vote of the members present. This subsection applies only to a municipality that is located in a county with a population of 800,000 or more that is adjacent to an international border.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to a meeting held on or after the effective date of this Act.

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, 2013.

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