| 1 | 1 | | 89R2574 ANG-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hall S.B. No. 933 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the location of meetings of the board of directors of a |
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| 10 | 10 | | municipal utility district. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 54, Water Code, is amended |
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| 13 | 13 | | by adding Section 54.103 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 54.103. MEETINGS. (a) A regular or special meeting of |
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| 15 | 15 | | the board must be held: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) if less than 50 percent of the land area inside a |
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| 17 | 17 | | district has been developed, at a publicly accessible location: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (A) inside the district; or |
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| 19 | 19 | | (B) not more than 10 miles outside the district; |
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| 20 | 20 | | or |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) if at least 50 percent of the land area inside a |
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| 22 | 22 | | district has been developed and except as provided by Subsection |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b), at a publicly accessible location inside the district. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (b) If at least 50 percent of the land area inside a district |
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| 25 | 25 | | has been developed, the board may hold a regular or special meeting |
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| 26 | 26 | | of the board at a publicly accessible location not more than 10 |
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| 27 | 27 | | miles outside the district if five qualified electors petition the |
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| 28 | 28 | | board to designate a location outside the district. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (c) This section does not prohibit the board from holding an |
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| 30 | 30 | | open or closed meeting by telephone conference call or video |
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| 31 | 31 | | conference call in accordance with Chapter 551, Government Code. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 33 | 33 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 34 | 34 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 36 | 36 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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