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| 1 | 1 | 89R6406 GP-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Canales H.B. No. 3850 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to comments by members of the public at an open meeting of | |
| 10 | 10 | a governmental body on items not on the agenda for that meeting. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 551.007, Government Code, is amended by | |
| 13 | 13 | adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (f) A governmental body conducting an open meeting shall | |
| 15 | 15 | allow members of the public who desire to address the governmental | |
| 16 | 16 | body regarding items not on the meeting agenda to address the | |
| 17 | 17 | governmental body regarding those non-agenda items before or during | |
| 18 | 18 | the governmental body's consideration of items on the agenda. The | |
| 19 | 19 | governing body may limit the number of persons allowed to address | |
| 20 | 20 | the governing body at the meeting under this subsection to not fewer | |
| 21 | 21 | than five. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 23 | 23 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 24 | 24 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |