81R9549 JRD-D
By: Howard of Fort Bend H.B. No. 3943
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the requirement to post notice of the subject of a
meeting under the open meetings law as the requirement relates to
reports about items of community interest at a city council
meeting.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 551, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 551.0415 to read as follows:
Sec. 551.0415. GOVERNING BODY OF MUNICIPALITY: REPORTS
ABOUT ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST REGARDING WHICH NO ACTION WILL BE
TAKEN. Notwithstanding Sections 551.041 and 551.042, a quorum of
the governing body of a municipality may receive from municipal
staff and a member of the governing body may make a report about
items of community interest during a meeting of the governing body
without having given notice of the subject of the report as required
by this subchapter if no action is taken and, except as provided by
Section 551.042, possible action is not discussed regarding the
information provided in the report.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.