By: Lucio III (Senate Sponsor - Eltife) H.B. No. 3357
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2015;
May 7, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Business
and Commerce; May 22, 2015, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 22, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to permitted methods for certain political subdivisions to
post notice of a meeting.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 551.053(a) and (c), Government Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(a) The governing body of a water district or other district
or political subdivision that extends into four or more counties
shall:
(1) post notice of each meeting at a place convenient
to the public in the administrative office of the district or
political subdivision;
(2) provide notice of each meeting to the secretary of
state; and
(3) either provide notice of each meeting to the
county clerk of the county in which the administrative office of the
district or political subdivision is located or post notice of each
meeting on the district's or political subdivision's Internet
website.
(c) A county clerk shall post a [the] notice provided to the
clerk under Subsection (a)(3) on a bulletin board at a place
convenient to the public in the county courthouse.
SECTION 2. Section 551.054, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 551.054. DISTRICT OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION EXTENDING
INTO FEWER THAN FOUR COUNTIES: NOTICE TO PUBLIC AND COUNTY CLERKS;
PLACE OF POSTING NOTICE. (a) The governing body of a water
district or other district or political subdivision that extends
into fewer than four counties shall:
(1) post notice of each meeting at a place convenient
to the public in the administrative office of the district or
political subdivision; and
(2) either provide notice of each meeting to the
county clerk of each county in which the district or political
subdivision is located or post notice of each meeting on the
district's or political subdivision's Internet website.
(b) A county clerk shall post a [the] notice provided to the
clerk under Subsection (a)(2) on a bulletin board at a place
convenient to the public in the county courthouse.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to notice for a meeting held on or after the effective date of this
Act. Notice for a meeting held before the effective date of this Act
is governed by the law in effect on the date the notice is given, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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