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1	1		By: Perry S.B. No. 2145
	2	+	(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2025; March 24, 2025, read
	3	+	first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;
	4	+	April 16, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11,
	5	+	Nays 0; April 16, 2025, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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6	11		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	12		AN ACT
8	13		relating to the authority of the advisory body of a public
9	14		improvement district and the board of directors of a reinvestment
10	15		zone to hold a meeting by a telecommunication device.
11	16		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	17		SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 372, Local Government
13	18		Code, is amended by adding Section 372.0081 to read as follows:
14	19		Sec. 372.0081. ADVISORY BODY MEETINGS BY TELECOMMUNICATION
15	20		DEVICE. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, if a member of an
16	21		advisory body appointed under Section 372.008 is physically present
17	22		at a meeting of the advisory body, any number of the other members
18	23		of the advisory body may attend the meeting by use of telephone
19	24		conference call, video conference call, or other similar
20	25		telecommunication device. A member of the advisory body who
21	26		attends a meeting via a telecommunication device is considered
22	27		present for purposes of constituting a quorum, voting, and any
23	28		other form of participation in the meeting. This subsection
24	29		applies regardless of the subject of the meeting or topics
25	30		considered at the meeting.
26	31		(b) If an advisory body holds a meeting using a
27	32		telecommunication device in the manner provided by Subsection (a),
28	33		the advisory body must provide two-way audio communication between
29	34		board members attending the meeting and, if the two-way audio
30	35		communication link with a member is disrupted, stop the meeting
31	36		until the link is reestablished.
32	37		SECTION 2. Chapter 311, Tax Code, is amended by adding
33	38		Section 311.0093 to read as follows:
34	39		Sec. 311.0093. BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGS BY
35	40		TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICE. (a) Notwithstanding Chapter 551,
36	41		Government Code, or any other law, if the chair or vice chair of the
37	42		board of directors of a reinvestment zone is physically present at a
38	43		meeting of the board, any number of the other members of the board
39	44		may attend the meeting by use of telephone conference call, video
40	45		conference call, or other similar telecommunication device. A
41	46		member of the board who attends a meeting via a telecommunication
42	47		device is considered present for purposes of constituting a quorum,
43	48		voting, and any other form of participation in the board meeting.
44	49		This subsection applies regardless of the subject of the meeting or
45	50		topics considered at the meeting.
46	51		(b) If the board holds a meeting using a telecommunication
47	52		device in the manner provided by Subsection (a):
48	53		(1) the meeting is subject to the notice requirements
49	54		for other meetings;
50	55		(2) the board must specify in the notice the location
51	56		of the meeting at which the chair or vice chair will be physically
52	57		present;
53	58		(3) the board must make the meeting open and audible to
54	59		the public at the location specified under Subdivision (2); and
55	60		(4) the board must provide two-way audio communication
56	61		between board members attending the meeting and, if the two-way
57	62		audio communication link with a member is disrupted, stop the
58	63		meeting until the link is reestablished.
59	64		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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