H.B. No. 2259

	AN ACT
	relating to circumstances under which a vacancy on the governing
	body occurs in certain municipalities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 22.041, Local Government Code, is
	amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  In addition to an absence described by Subsection (b), a
	member of a governing body is also considered absent for the
	purposes of that subsection if the member is not present at the
	adjournment of a meeting at which a quorum is established, unless
	the member is first allowed to withdraw by the unanimous vote of the
	members present. This subsection applies only to a municipality
	that is located in a county with a population of 800,000 or more
	that is adjacent to an international border.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to a meeting held on or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  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, 2013.
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	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2259 was passed by the House on May 1,
	2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 2259 on May 24, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0,
	2 present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2259 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 22, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
	0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
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	Governor