Bill Text: TX HB1784 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the period during which an action alleging a violation of the open meetings law may be brought.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-08 - Referred to Business & Commerce [HB1784 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB1784-Engrossed.html

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85R22059 SRS-F
By: Faircloth H.B. No. 1784

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the period during which an action alleging a violation
of the open meetings law may be brought.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 551, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 551.1425 to read as follows:
Sec. 551.1425. LIMITATIONS PERIOD. A person must bring a
suit on an action to enforce Section 551.141 or an action under
Section 551.142 before the second anniversary of the date the
alleged violation occurred or the second anniversary of the date
the alleged violation should reasonably have been discovered.
SECTION 2. Section 551.1425, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a violation that occurs on or after the
effective date of this Act. A violation that occurs before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the violation occurred, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.