TITLE: Relating to the location of meetings of the board of directors of a municipal utility district.

SUMMARY: Relating to the location of meetings of the board of directors of a municipal utility district.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the location of meetings of the board of directors of a municipal utility district. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 54, Water Code, is amended by adding Section 54.103 to read as follows: Sec. 54.103. MEETINGS. (a) A regular or special meeting of the board must be held: (1) if less than 50 percent of the land area inside a district has been developed, at a publicly accessible location: (A) inside the district; or (B) not more than 10 miles outside the district; or (2) if at least 50 percent of the land area inside a district has been developed and except as provided by Subsection (b), at a publicly accessible location inside the district. (b) If at least 50 percent of the land area inside a district has been developed, the board may hold a regular or special meeting of the board at a publicly accessible location not more than 10 miles outside the district if five qualified electors petition the board to designate a location outside the district. (c) This section does not prohibit the board from holding an open or closed meeting by telephone conference call or video conference call in accordance with Chapter 551, Government Code. SECTION 2. 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.