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

Texas House Bill 1784 (Prior Session Legislation)

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

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

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

Download: Texas-2017-HB1784-Engrossed.html

	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.