By: Canales (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 3440
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2023;
May 11, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
Commerce; May 21, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0;
May 21, 2023, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3440 By: Campbell
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to posting and other requirements applicable to certain
governmental bodies under the open meetings law.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 551.056, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
follows:
(b) In addition to the other place at which notice or an
agenda of a meeting is required to be posted by this subchapter, the
following governmental bodies and economic development
corporations must also concurrently post notice of a meeting and
the agenda for the meeting, along with any supplemental written
materials provided to the members of the governmental body or
economic development corporation in advance of the meeting for use
during the 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);
(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; and
(8) a district or authority created under Section 52,
Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
(b-1) A governmental body or economic development
corporation is not required to post information under Subsection
(b) that is confidential or that may be withheld from disclosure
under Chapter 552.
SECTION 2. Section 551.056(c), Government Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an open meeting held on or after the effective date of this Act. An
open meeting held before the effective date of this Act is governed
by the law in effect on the date the meeting was held, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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