S.B. No. 679
AN ACT
relating to public meetings of joint airport boards.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 551.001(3), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(3) "Governmental body" means:
(A) a board, commission, department, committee,
or agency within the executive or legislative branch of state
government that is directed by one or more elected or appointed
members;
(B) a county commissioners court in the state;
(C) a municipal governing body in the state;
(D) a deliberative body that has rulemaking or
quasi-judicial power and that is classified as a department,
agency, or political subdivision of a county or municipality;
(E) a school district board of trustees;
(F) a county board of school trustees;
(G) a county board of education;
(H) the governing board of a special district
created by law;
(I) a local workforce development board created
under Section 2308.253;
(J) a nonprofit corporation that is eligible to
receive funds under the federal community services block grant
program and that is authorized by this state to serve a geographic
area of the state; [and]
(K) a nonprofit corporation organized under
Chapter 67, Water Code, that provides a water supply or wastewater
service, or both, and is exempt from ad valorem taxation under
Section 11.30, Tax Code; and
(L) a joint board created under Section 22.074,
Transportation Code.
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 551, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 551.0501 to read as follows:
Sec. 551.0501. JOINT BOARD: PLACE OF POSTING NOTICE.
(a) In this section, "electronic bulletin board" means an
electronic communication system that includes a perpetually
illuminated screen on which the governmental body can post messages
or notices viewable without manipulation by the public.
(b) A joint board created under Section 22.074,
Transportation Code, shall post notice of each meeting on a
physical or electronic bulletin board at a place convenient to the
public in the board's administrative offices.
SECTION 3. The heading to Section 551.056, Government Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 551.056. ADDITIONAL POSTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN
MUNICIPALITIES, COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, JUNIOR COLLEGE
DISTRICTS, [AND] DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES, AND JOINT
BOARDS.
SECTION 4. Section 551.056(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) In addition to the other place at which notice is
required to be posted by this subchapter, the following
governmental bodies and economic development corporations must
also concurrently post notice of a meeting on the Internet website
of the governmental body or economic development corporation:
(1) a municipality;
(2) a county;
(3) a school district;
(4) the governing body of a junior college or junior
college district, including a college or district that has changed
its name in accordance with Chapter 130, Education Code;
(5) a development corporation organized under the
Development Corporation Act (Subtitle C1, Title 12, Local
Government Code); [and]
(6) a regional mobility authority included within the
meaning of an "authority" as defined by Section 370.003,
Transportation Code; and
(7) a joint board created under Section 22.074,
Transportation Code.
SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to notice that is required to be posted on or after the effective
date of this Act. Notice that is required to be posted prior to the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at that
time, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 6. 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, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 679 passed the Senate on
April 9, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 679 passed the House on
May 13, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, two
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor