| 1 | 1 | | 88R5663 KBB-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Rogers H.B. No. 3259 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the use of audiovisual technology during meetings by |
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| 8 | 8 | | the Texas Water Development Board and the Water Conservation |
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| 9 | 9 | | Advisory Council. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 6.060, Water Code, is amended by adding |
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| 12 | 12 | | Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (d) The board may allow a member of the public to testify at |
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| 14 | 14 | | a board meeting from a remote location by: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) telephone conference call, if the voice of each |
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| 16 | 16 | | member of the public testifying by telephone conference call is |
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| 17 | 17 | | audible to each other participant while the testifying participant |
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| 18 | 18 | | is speaking; or |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) videoconference call in accordance with Section |
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| 20 | 20 | | 551.127, Government Code. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. Section 10.007, Water Code, is amended by adding |
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| 22 | 22 | | Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (c) The council may hold an open or closed meeting by |
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| 24 | 24 | | videoconference call in accordance with Section 551.127(c), |
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| 25 | 25 | | Government Code. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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