TITLE: Relating to the Internet and other electronic posting of notices and agendas for meetings under the open meetings law.

SUMMARY: Relating to the Internet and other electronic posting of notices and agendas for meetings under the open meetings law.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the Internet and other electronic posting of notices and agendas for meetings under the open meetings law. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 551.049, Government Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 551.049. COUNTY GOVERNMENTAL BODY: PLACE OF POSTING NOTICE. A county governmental body shall post notice of each meeting on:(1) a bulletin board at a place convenient to the public in the county courthouse;or (2) an electronic display as provided by Section 82.051, Local Government Code.SECTION 2. Section 551.056, Government Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 551.056. INTERNET [ADDITIONAL] POSTING REQUIREMENTS [FOR CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES, COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICTS, DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES, AND JOINT BOARDS].(a) This section applies only to a governmental body or other entity subject to this chapter [economic development corporation] that maintains an Internet website or for which an Internet website is maintained. [This section does not apply to a governmental body described by Section 551.001(3)(D).] (b) In addition to the other place at which notice or an agenda of a meeting is required to be posted by this subchapter, each [the following] governmental body and other entity subject to this chapter [bodies and economic development corporations] must also concurrently post notice of a meeting and the agenda for the meeting on the home page or landing page of the Internet website of the governmental body or entity [economic development corporation: [(1) a municipality; [(2) a county; [(3) a school district; [(4) the governing body of a junior college or junior college district, including a college or district that has changed its name in accordance with Chapter 130, Education Code; [(5) a development corporation organized under the Development Corporation Act (Subtitle C1, Title 12, Local Government Code); [(6) a regional mobility authority included within the meaning of an "authority" as defined by Section 370.003, Transportation Code; [(7) a joint board created under Section 22.074, Transportation Code; and [(8) a district or authority created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution].(d) The validity of a posted notice of a meeting or an agenda by a governmental body or other entity [economic development corporation] subject to this chapter [section] that made a good faith attempt to comply with the requirements of this section is not affected by a failure to comply with a requirement of this section that is due to a technical problem beyond the control of the governmental body or entity [economic development corporation].SECTION 3. Sections 551.049 and 551.056, Government Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to notice that is required to be posted on or after the effective date of this Act. Notice that is required to be posted before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at that time, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.