Bill Text: TX SB1960 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a hospital district governing board to conduct a closed meeting to deliberate certain issues.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-19 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB1960 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1960-Introduced.html
| 86R13191 BEF-D | ||
| By: Rodríguez | S.B. No. 1960 | |
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| relating to the authority of a hospital district governing board to | ||
| conduct a closed meeting to deliberate certain issues. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 551, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 551.0727 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 551.0727. HOSPITAL DISTRICT: DELIBERATION REGARDING | ||
| CONTRACT BEING NEGOTIATED; CLOSED MEETING. (a) The governing board | ||
| of a hospital district created under general or special law may | ||
| conduct a closed meeting to deliberate business and financial | ||
| issues relating to a contract being negotiated if, before | ||
| conducting the closed meeting: | ||
| (1) the governing board votes unanimously that | ||
| deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on | ||
| the position of the governing board in negotiations with a third | ||
| person; and | ||
| (2) the attorney advising the governing board issues a | ||
| written determination that deliberation in an open meeting would | ||
| have a detrimental effect on the position of the governing board in | ||
| negotiations with a third person. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding Section 551.103(a), the governing board | ||
| of a hospital district must make a recording of the proceedings of a | ||
| closed meeting to deliberate the information. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 551.085, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) This chapter does not require the governing board of a | ||
| hospital district created under general or special law to conduct | ||
| an open meeting to deliberate information relating to a proposed | ||
| expansion of an existing service or product line of the hospital | ||
| district before publicly announcing the expansion. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
