86R13191 BEF-D
By: Blanco H.B. No. 4088
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a hospital district governing board to
conduct a closed meeting to deliberate certain issues.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 551, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 551.0727 to read as follows:
Sec. 551.0727. HOSPITAL DISTRICT: DELIBERATION REGARDING
CONTRACT BEING NEGOTIATED; CLOSED MEETING. (a) The governing board
of a hospital district created under general or special law may
conduct a closed meeting to deliberate business and financial
issues relating to a contract being negotiated if, before
conducting the closed meeting:
(1) the governing board votes unanimously that
deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on
the position of the governing board in negotiations with a third
person; and
(2) the attorney advising the governing board issues a
written determination that deliberation in an open meeting would
have a detrimental effect on the position of the governing board in
negotiations with a third person.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 551.103(a), the governing board
of a hospital district must make a recording of the proceedings of a
closed meeting to deliberate the information.
SECTION 2. Section 551.085, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) This chapter does not require the governing board of a
hospital district created under general or special law to conduct
an open meeting to deliberate information relating to a proposed
expansion of an existing service or product line of the hospital
district before publicly announcing the expansion.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.