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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the applicability of open meetings and public |
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information laws to the education research center advisory board. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 1.006(b) and (e), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The advisory board is considered to be [not] a |
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governmental body for purposes of Chapters [Chapter] 551 and [or] |
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552, Government Code. |
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(e) The advisory board shall meet at least quarterly. To |
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the extent and in the manner authorized by Chapter 551, Government |
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Code, any [Any] meeting of the advisory board may be conducted by |
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electronic means, including a meeting by telephone conference call, |
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by video conference call, through the Internet, or by any |
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combination of those means. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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