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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the meeting place of the board of a municipal utility |
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district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 54, Water Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 54.103 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 54.103. MEETING PLACE. (a) The board shall designate |
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one or more places inside the district for conducting meetings of |
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the board. |
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(b) A meeting place designated under this section may be a |
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private residence or office, if the board declares in the order |
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establishing the meeting place that the meeting place is a public |
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place and invites the public to attend any meeting of the board. |
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(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the board may designate |
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a meeting place outside the district if: |
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(1) the board determines that no suitable meeting |
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place exists inside the district and the meeting place outside the |
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district will not deprive the residents of the district of a |
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reasonable opportunity to attend meetings of the board; |
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(2) the meeting place is as close as practicable to the |
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boundaries of the district; and |
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(3) if the district is wholly within the corporate |
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limits of a municipality, the meeting place is within the corporate |
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limits of that municipality. |
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(d) If the board designates a meeting place outside the |
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district, the board shall give notice of the location by: |
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(1) filing with the commission: |
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(A) a true copy of the resolution designating the |
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location of the meeting place; and |
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(B) a justification of why the designated meeting |
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place is not in the district; and |
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(2) publishing notice of the location of the meeting |
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place in a newspaper of general circulation in the district. |
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(e) If the location of a meeting place outside the district |
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is changed, notice of the change shall be given in the manner |
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provided by Subsection (d). |
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(f) The commission shall provide information on the |
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commission's Internet website on the process for designation of a |
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meeting place under this section. |
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(g) In all areas of conflict, this section takes precedence |
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over all prior statutory enactments, including Sections 49.062 and |
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49.063(c). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |