| 6 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 5 | | relating to the participation of a county judge in a meeting of a |
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| 8 | 6 | | commissioners court conducted by videoconference call. |
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| 9 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 81.001(b), Local Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 9 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 10 | | (b) If present, the county judge is the presiding officer of |
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| 13 | 11 | | the commissioners court. This subsection does not apply to a |
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| 14 | 12 | | meeting held under Section 551.127, Government Code, if the county |
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| 15 | 13 | | judge is not located at the physical space made available to the |
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| 16 | 14 | | public for the meeting. |
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| 17 | 15 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 18 | 16 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 19 | 17 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 20 | 18 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 21 | 19 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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| 20 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 21 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 22 | + | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 988 passed the Senate on April |
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| 23 | + | 11, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 24 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 25 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 26 | + | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 988 passed the House on April |
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| 27 | + | 27, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, three present |
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| 28 | + | not voting. |
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| 29 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 30 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 31 | + | Approved: |
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| 32 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 33 | + | Date |
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| 34 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 35 | + | Governor |
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