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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notice of a meeting held under the open meetings law. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 551.043, Government Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 551.043. TIME AND ACCESSIBILITY OF NOTICE; POSTING OF |
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BUDGET; GENERAL RULE. |
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SECTION 2. Section 551.043, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c) and (c-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The notice of a meeting of a governmental body must be |
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posted in a place readily accessible to the general public at all |
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times for at least three business days [72 hours] before the |
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scheduled date [time] of the meeting, except as provided by |
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Sections 551.044, 551.045, 551.046, and 551.1281 |
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[551.044-551.046]. |
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(c) The notice of a meeting required to be posted under |
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Subsection (a) at which a governmental body will discuss or adopt a |
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budget for the governmental body must include: |
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(1) a physical copy of the budget unless the |
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governmental body has made the budget clearly accessible on the |
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home page of the governmental body's Internet website; and |
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(2) a taxpayer impact statement showing, for the |
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median-valued homestead property, a comparison of the property tax |
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bill in dollars pertaining to the property for the current fiscal |
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year to an estimate of the property tax bill in dollars for the same |
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property for the upcoming fiscal year if: |
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(A) the proposed budget is adopted; and |
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(B) a balanced budget funded at the |
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no-new-revenue tax rate as calculated under Chapter 26, Tax Code, |
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is adopted. |
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(c-1) Subsection (c) does not apply to the governing board |
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of a general academic teaching institution or of a university |
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system to which Section 551.1281 applies. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |