Bill Text: TX SB679 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of audiovisual technology during meetings by the Texas Water Development Board and the Water Conservation Advisory Council.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-17 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB679 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB679-Introduced.html
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| By: Johnson | S.B. No. 679 | |
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| relating to the use of audiovisual technology during meetings by | ||
| the Texas Water Development Board and the Water Conservation | ||
| Advisory Council. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 6.060, Water Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) The board may allow a member of the public to testify at | ||
| a board meeting from a remote location by: | ||
| (1) telephone conference call, if the voice of each | ||
| member of the public testifying by telephone conference call is | ||
| audible to each other participant while the testifying participant | ||
| is speaking; or | ||
| (2) videoconference call in accordance with Section | ||
| 551.127, Government Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 10.007, Water Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The council may hold an open or closed meeting by | ||
| videoconference call in accordance with Section 551.127(c), | ||
| Government Code. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
