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            |  | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | 
         
            |  | AN ACT | 
         
            |  | relating to meetings of the board of directors of a municipal | 
         
            |  | utility district. | 
         
            |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
            |  | SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 54, Water Code, is amended | 
         
            |  | by adding Section 54.104 to read as follows: | 
         
            |  | Sec. 54.104.  MEETINGS.  (a)  A regular or special meeting of | 
         
            |  | the board of a district must be held at a publicly accessible | 
         
            |  | location inside or not more than five miles outside the territory of | 
         
            |  | the district. | 
         
            |  | (b)  This section does not prohibit the board of a district | 
         
            |  | from holding an open or closed meeting by telephone conference call | 
         
            |  | or videoconference call in accordance with Chapter 551, Government | 
         
            |  | Code. | 
         
            |  | SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |