By: Moody (Senate Sponsor - Rodriguez) H.B. No. 2259
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 2, 2013;
May 3, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 16, 2013, reported adversely,
with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:
Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 16, 2013, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2259 By: Garcia
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to circumstances under which a vacancy on the governing
body occurs in certain municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 22.041, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) In addition to an absence described by Subsection (b), a
member of a governing body is also considered absent for the
purposes of that subsection if the member is not present at the
adjournment of a meeting at which a quorum is established, unless
the member is first allowed to withdraw by the unanimous vote of the
members present. This subsection applies only to a municipality
that is located in a county with a population of 800,000 or more
that is adjacent to an international border.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a meeting held on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. 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, 2013.
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