Bill Text: TX HB62 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to certain meetings of a commissioners court during a disaster or emergency.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-14 - Referred to Business & Commerce [HB62 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB62-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to certain meetings of a commissioners court during a disaster or emergency.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-14 - Referred to Business & Commerce [HB62 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB62-Introduced.html
86R229 SRS-D | ||
By: Zerwas | H.B. No. 62 |
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relating to certain meetings of a commissioners court during a | ||
disaster or emergency. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 551, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 551.091 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 551.091. COMMISSIONERS COURTS: DELIBERATION REGARDING | ||
DISASTER OR EMERGENCY. (a) This section applies only to the | ||
commissioners court of a county: | ||
(1) for which the governor has issued an executive | ||
order or proclamation declaring a state of disaster or a state of | ||
emergency; and | ||
(2) in which transportation is dangerous or difficult | ||
as a result of the disaster or emergency. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a | ||
commissioners court to which this section applies may hold an open | ||
or closed meeting, including a telephone conference call, solely to | ||
deliberate about disaster or emergency conditions and related | ||
public safety matters without complying with the requirements of | ||
this chapter, including the requirement to provide notice before | ||
the meeting or to first convene in an open meeting. | ||
(c) To the extent practicable under the circumstances, the | ||
commissioners court should provide reasonable public notice of a | ||
meeting under this section and allow members of the public and the | ||
press to observe the meeting. | ||
(d) The commissioners court: | ||
(1) may not vote or take final action on a matter | ||
during a meeting under this section; and | ||
(2) shall prepare and keep minutes or a recording of a | ||
meeting under this section and make the minutes or recording | ||
available to the public as soon as practicable. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |