Bill Text: TX HB3357 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to permitted methods for certain political subdivisions to post notice of a meeting.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB3357 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3357-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3357 |
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relating to permitted methods for certain political subdivisions to | ||
post notice of a meeting. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 551.053(a) and (c), Government Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The governing body of a water district or other district | ||
or political subdivision that extends into four or more counties | ||
shall: | ||
(1) post notice of each meeting at a place convenient | ||
to the public in the administrative office of the district or | ||
political subdivision; | ||
(2) provide notice of each meeting to the secretary of | ||
state; and | ||
(3) either provide notice of each meeting to the | ||
county clerk of the county in which the administrative office of the | ||
district or political subdivision is located or post notice of each | ||
meeting on the district's or political subdivision's Internet | ||
website. | ||
(c) A county clerk shall post a [ |
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clerk under Subsection (a)(3) on a bulletin board at a place | ||
convenient to the public in the county courthouse. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 551.054, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 551.054. DISTRICT OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION EXTENDING | ||
INTO FEWER THAN FOUR COUNTIES: NOTICE TO PUBLIC AND COUNTY CLERKS; | ||
PLACE OF POSTING NOTICE. (a) The governing body of a water | ||
district or other district or political subdivision that extends | ||
into fewer than four counties shall: | ||
(1) post notice of each meeting at a place convenient | ||
to the public in the administrative office of the district or | ||
political subdivision; and | ||
(2) either provide notice of each meeting to the | ||
county clerk of each county in which the district or political | ||
subdivision is located or post notice of each meeting on the | ||
district's or political subdivision's Internet website. | ||
(b) A county clerk shall post a [ |
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clerk under Subsection (a)(2) on a bulletin board at a place | ||
convenient to the public in the county courthouse. | ||
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to notice for a meeting held on or after the effective date of this | ||
Act. Notice for a meeting held before the effective date of this Act | ||
is governed by the law in effect on the date the notice is given, and | ||
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3357 was passed by the House on May 5, | ||
2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3357 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |