TITLE: Relating to the application of the open meetings law to the board of directors of certain tax reinvestment zones.

SUMMARY: Relating to the application of the open meetings law to the board of directors of certain tax reinvestment zones.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the application of the open meetings law to the board of directors of certain tax reinvestment zones. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 551.001(3), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (3) "Governmental body" means: (A) a board, commission, department, committee, or agency within the executive or legislative branch of state government that is directed by one or more elected or appointed members; (B) a county commissioners court in the state; (C) a municipal governing body in the state; (D) a deliberative body that has rulemaking or quasi-judicial power and that is classified as a department, agency, or political subdivision of a county or municipality; (E) a school district board of trustees; (F) a county board of school trustees; (G) a county board of education; (H) the governing board of a special district created by law; (I) a local workforce development board created under Section 2308.253; (J) a nonprofit corporation that is eligible to receive funds under the federal community services block grant program and that is authorized by this state to serve a geographic area of the state; (K) a nonprofit corporation organized under Chapter 67, Water Code, that provides a water supply or wastewater service, or both, and is exempt from ad valorem taxation under Section 11.30, Tax Code; [and] (L) a joint board created under Section 22.074, Transportation Code;and (M) a board of directors of a reinvestment zone created under Chapter 311, Tax Code.SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.