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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the period during which an action alleging a violation |
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of the open meetings law may be brought. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 551, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 551.1425 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 551.1425. LIMITATIONS PERIOD. A person must bring a |
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suit on an action to enforce Section 551.141 or an action under |
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Section 551.142 before the second anniversary of the date the |
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alleged violation occurred or the second anniversary of the date |
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the alleged violation should reasonably have been discovered. |
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SECTION 2. Section 551.1425, Government Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies only to a violation that occurs on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. A violation that occurs before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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date the violation occurred, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |