Bill Text: TX SB2336 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to meetings of the board of directors of the Gulf Coast Authority.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-23 - Referred to Local Government [SB2336 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2336-Introduced.html
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By: Middleton | S.B. No. 2336 |
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relating to meetings of the board of directors of the Gulf Coast | ||
Authority. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 2.07, Chapter 409, Acts of the 61st | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 1969, is amended by amending | ||
Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The board shall meet regularly as necessary [ |
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(d) Notwithstanding Chapter 551, Government Code, Chapter | ||
49, Water Code, or any other law, the board may hold an open or | ||
closed meeting by telephone conference call, videoconference, or | ||
other similar telecommunication method. The board may use a | ||
telephone conference call, videoconference, or other similar | ||
telecommunication method for purposes of establishing a quorum, for | ||
voting, or for any other meeting purpose. | ||
(e) A meeting held by telephone conference call, | ||
videoconference, or other similar telecommunication method is | ||
subject to the notice requirements applicable to other board | ||
meetings. | ||
(f) The notice of a meeting to be held by telephone | ||
conference call, videoconference, or other similar | ||
telecommunication method must include: | ||
(1) a toll-free telephone number that members of the | ||
public may use to hear and, if applicable, speak at the meeting; | ||
(2) free-of-charge access information for any | ||
audiovisual or audio-only feeds; and | ||
(3) instructions for a member of the public to speak at | ||
the meeting from a remote location. | ||
(g) If the board prepares an agenda packet or other | ||
materials that would have been distributed to members of the public | ||
at a face-to-face meeting, the board shall make the packet or other | ||
materials available electronically. | ||
(h) A meeting held by telephone conference call, | ||
videoconference, or other similar telecommunication method shall | ||
be recorded. The recording shall be made available to the public. | ||
The board shall maintain a copy of the recording for at least one | ||
year after the date of the hearing. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |