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                                                                  H.B. No. 2381




AN ACT

relating to posting on the Internet the notice of a meeting of a 
governmental body.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 551.043, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	Sec. 551.043.  TIME AND ACCESSIBILITY OF NOTICE; GENERAL 
RULE.  (a) The notice of a meeting of a governmental body must be 
posted in a place readily accessible to the general public at all 
times for at least 72 hours before the scheduled time of the 
meeting, except as provided by Sections 551.044-551.046.
	(b)  If this chapter specifically requires or allows a 
governmental body to post notice of a meeting on the Internet:
		(1)  the governmental body satisfies the requirement 
that the notice must be posted in a place readily accessible to the 
general public at all times by making a good-faith attempt to 
continuously post the notice on the Internet during the prescribed 
period;
		(2)  the governmental body must still comply with any 
duty imposed by this chapter to physically post the notice at a 
particular location; and
		(3)  if the governmental body makes a good-faith 
attempt to continuously post the notice on the Internet during the 
prescribed period, the notice physically posted at the location 
prescribed by this chapter must be readily accessible to the 
general public during normal business hours.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 2381 was passed by the House on May 9, 
2005, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in Senate 
amendments to H.B. No. 2381 on May 27, 2005, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	
I certify that H.B. No. 2381 was passed by the Senate, with 
amendments, on May 25, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 
0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                      Secretary of the Senate   



APPROVED: __________________                                                
 
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              Governor