88R1716 SGM-D
 
  By: Hall S.B. No. 917
 
 
 
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.