89R4041 JON-D
By: Johnson, Cain, Olcott, Simmons H.B. No. 2520
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the open meetings law.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 551.001(3), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(3) "Governmental body" means:
(A) a board, commission, department, committee,
or agency within the executive or legislative branch of state
government that is directed by one or more elected or appointed
members;
(B) a county commissioners court in the state;
(C) a municipal governing body in the state;
(D) a deliberative body that has rulemaking or
quasi-judicial power and that is classified as a department,
agency, or political subdivision of a county or municipality;
(E) a school district board of trustees;
(F) a county board of school trustees;
(G) a county board of education;
(H) the governing board of a special district
created by law;
(I) a local workforce development board created
under Section 2308.253;
(J) a nonprofit corporation that is eligible to
receive funds under the federal community services block grant
program and that is authorized by this state to serve a geographic
area of the state;
(K) a nonprofit corporation organized under
Chapter 67, Water Code, that provides a water supply or wastewater
service, or both, and is exempt from ad valorem taxation under
Section 11.30, Tax Code;
(L) a joint board created under Section 22.074,
Transportation Code; [and]
(M) a board of directors of a reinvestment zone
created under Chapter 311, Tax Code; and
(N) a board of managers appointed under Chapter
39A, Education Code.
SECTION 2. Section 551.041, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 551.041. NOTICE OF MEETING REQUIRED. (a) A
governmental body shall give written notice of the date, hour,
place, and subject of each meeting held by the governmental body.
(b) The notice must include an agenda for the meeting that
is the subject of the notice that:
(1) is sufficiently specific to inform the public of
each subject to be considered in the open portion of the meeting,
including any matter:
(A) that is special or unusual; or
(B) in which the public may have a particular
interest; and
(2) describes any subject to be considered in the
closed portion of the meeting, if applicable.
SECTION 3. Section 551.074, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 551.074. PERSONNEL MATTERS; CLOSED MEETING. (a) This
chapter does not require a governmental body to conduct an open
meeting:
(1) to deliberate the appointment, employment,
evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a
specific public officer or employee; or
(2) to hear a complaint or charge against an officer or
employee.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply if:
(1) the officer or employee who is the subject of the
deliberation or hearing requests a public hearing; or
(2) the governmental body's deliberations under
Subsection (a)(1) concern operational issues that generally impact
a class or group of employees, including changes in the duties or
compensation of a class or group of employees.
SECTION 4. Section 551.083, Government Code, is repealed.
SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a meeting of a governmental body held on or after the effective date
of this Act.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.