H.B. No. 3440
AN ACT
relating to the governmental bodies required to post on the
Internet agendas for meetings under the open meetings law.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 551.056(b), Government Code, is amended
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 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.
SECTION 2. Section 551.056(c), Government Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 3. Section 551.056(b), Government Code, as amended
by this Act, applies only to an open meeting held on or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3440 was passed by the House on May 9,
2023, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 3, 2 present, not
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
H.B. No. 3440 on May 25, 2023, and requested the appointment of a
conference committee to consider the differences between the two
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
on H.B. No. 3440 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140,
Nays 0, 2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3440 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 22, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
3440 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor