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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a commodity producers board or a |
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committee to hold meetings by telephone conference. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 41, Agriculture Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 41.061 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 41.061. MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL. (a) |
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Notwithstanding Chapter 551, Government Code, a board or a |
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committee established by a board may hold an open or closed meeting |
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by telephone conference call if the convening at one location of a |
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quorum of the board or committee is inconvenient for any member of |
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the board or committee. |
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(b) The meeting is subject to the notice requirements |
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applicable to other meetings. |
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(c) The notice of the meeting must specify as the location |
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of the meeting the location where meetings of the board or |
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committee, as applicable, are usually held. |
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(d) Each part of the meeting that is required to be open to |
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the public shall be audible to the public at the location specified |
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in the notice of the meeting as the location of the meeting and the |
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audio shall be recorded. The audio recording shall be made |
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available to the public. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2900 was passed by the House on April |
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12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2900 was passed by the Senate on May |
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10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |