H.B. No. 383 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. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 383 was passed by the House on April 28, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 383 on May 29, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 383 was passed by the Senate, with amendments, on May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________ Date __________________ Governor