Bill Text: TX HB1339 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain water districts to hold meetings by teleconference or videoconference.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-08 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [HB1339 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1339-Introduced.html
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| By: Ritter | H.B. No. 1339 | |
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| relating to the authority of certain water districts to hold | ||
| meetings by teleconference or videoconference. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 551, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 551.131 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 551.131. WATER DISTRICTS. (a) In this section, "water | ||
| district" means a river authority, groundwater conservation | ||
| district, water control and improvement district, or other district | ||
| created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, | ||
| Texas Constitution. | ||
| (b) This section applies only to a water district whose | ||
| territory includes land in three or more counties. | ||
| (c) A meeting held by telephone conference call or video | ||
| conference call authorized by this section may be held only if: | ||
| (1) the meeting is a special called meeting and | ||
| immediate action is required; and | ||
| (2) the convening at one location of a quorum of the | ||
| governing body of the applicable water district is difficult or | ||
| impossible. | ||
| (d) A meeting held by telephone conference call must | ||
| otherwise comply with the procedures under Sections 551.125(c), | ||
| (d), (e), and (f). | ||
| (e) A meeting held by video conference call is subject to | ||
| the notice requirements applicable to other meetings. In addition, | ||
| a meeting held by video conference call shall: | ||
| (1) be visible and audible to the public at the | ||
| location specified in the notice of the meeting as the location of | ||
| the meeting; | ||
| (2) be recorded by audio and video; and | ||
| (3) have two-way audio and video communications with | ||
| each participant in the meeting during the entire meeting. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
