By: Johnson, Perry S.B. No. 859

(In the Senate - Filed February 26, 2021; March 11, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce; April 9, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 9, 2021, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 859 By: Hancock

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of certain water planning entities to hold an open or closed meeting by telephone conference call or videoconference call.

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

SECTION 1. Section 16.053(h)(12), Water Code, is amended to read as follows:

(12) Each regional water planning group and any committee or subcommittee of a regional water planning group is [are] subject to Chapters 551 and 552, Government Code. A regional water planning group and any committee or subcommittee of the group may hold an open or closed meeting by telephone conference call or videoconference call. A meeting held by telephone conference call is subject to the requirements of Sections 551.125(c), (d), (e), and (f), Government Code. A meeting held by videoconference call is subject to the requirements of Section 551.127, Government Code.

SECTION 2. Section 16.062(l), Water Code, is amended to read as follows:

(l) Each flood planning group and any committee or subcommittee of a flood planning group is subject to Chapters 551 and 552, Government Code. A flood planning group and any committee or subcommittee of the group may hold an open or closed meeting by telephone conference call or videoconference call. A meeting held by telephone conference call is subject to the requirements of Sections 551.125(c), (d), (e), and (f), Government Code. A meeting held by videoconference call is subject to the requirements of Section 551.127, Government Code.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.

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