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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the application of the open meetings law to district |
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judges performing certain management or administrative functions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 551.001(3), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(3) "Governmental body" means: |
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(A) a board, commission, department, committee, |
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or agency within the executive or legislative branch of state |
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government that is directed by one or more elected or appointed |
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members; |
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(B) a county commissioners court in the state; |
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(C) a municipal governing body in the state; |
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(D) a deliberative body that has rulemaking or |
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quasi-judicial power and that is classified as a department, |
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agency, or political subdivision of a county or municipality; |
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(E) a school district board of trustees; |
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(F) a county board of school trustees; |
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(G) a county board of education; |
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(H) the governing board of a special district |
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created by law; |
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(I) a local workforce development board created |
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under Section 2308.253; |
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(J) a nonprofit corporation that is eligible to |
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receive funds under the federal community services block grant |
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program and that is authorized by this state to serve a geographic |
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area of the state; |
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(K) a nonprofit corporation organized under |
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Chapter 67, Water Code, that provides a water supply or wastewater |
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service, or both, and is exempt from ad valorem taxation under |
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Section 11.30, Tax Code; [and] |
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(L) a joint board created under Section 22.074, |
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Transportation Code; and |
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(M) a gathering of two or more district judges |
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performing any management or administrative function that does not |
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involve the adjudication of an individual case. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |