TITLE: Relating to the application of the open meetings law to district judges performing certain management or administrative functions.

SUMMARY: Relating to the application of the open meetings law to district judges performing certain management or administrative functions.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the application of the open meetings law to district judges performing certain management or administrative functions. 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 gathering of two or more district judges performing any management or administrative function that does not involve the adjudication of an individual case.SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.