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