Bill Text: TX HB2103 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain water planning entities to hold an open or closed meeting by telephone conference call or videoconference call.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-04-26 - Received from the House [HB2103 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2103-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain water planning entities to hold an open or closed meeting by telephone conference call or videoconference call.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-04-26 - Received from the House [HB2103 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2103-Introduced.html
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By: Bowers | H.B. No. 2103 |
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relating to the authority of certain water planning entities to | ||
hold an open or closed meeting by telephone conference call or | ||
videoconference call. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 16.052, Water Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) The council and any committee or subcommittee of the | ||
council may hold an open or closed meeting by telephone conference | ||
call or videoconference call. A meeting held by telephone | ||
conference call is subject to the requirements of Sections | ||
551.125(c)-(f), Government Code. A meeting held by videoconference | ||
call is subject to the requirements of Section 551.127, Government | ||
Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 16.053(h)(12), Water Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(12) Each regional water planning group and any | ||
committee or subcommittee of a regional water planning group is | ||
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water planning group and any committee or subcommittee of the group | ||
may hold an open or closed meeting by telephone conference call or | ||
videoconference call. A meeting held by telephone conference call | ||
is subject to the requirements of Sections 551.125(c)-(f), | ||
Government Code. A meeting held by videoconference call is subject | ||
to the requirements of Section 551.127, Government Code. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 16.062(l), Water Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(l) Each flood planning group and any committee or | ||
subcommittee of a flood planning group is subject to Chapters 551 | ||
and 552, Government Code. A flood planning group and any committee | ||
or subcommittee of the group may hold an open or closed meeting by | ||
telephone conference call or videoconference call. A meeting held | ||
by telephone conference call is subject to the requirements of | ||
Sections 551.125(c)-(f), Government Code. A meeting held by | ||
videoconference call is subject to the requirements of Section | ||
551.127, Government Code. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |