By: Heflin (Senate Sponsor - Seliger) H.B. No. 383
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2009;
May 4, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 22, 2009, reported adversely,
with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5,
Nays 0; May 22, 2009, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 383 By: Gallegos
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to county bail bond board meetings in certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1704.055, Occupations Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a [A] board shall
meet:
(1) at least once a month; and
(2) at other times at the call of the presiding
officer.
(c) A board in a county with a population of less than 50,000
shall meet at least four times each year during the months of
January, April, July, and October at the call of the presiding
officer.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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