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89(R) HB 1522 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
H.B. No. 1522
AN ACT
relating to notice of a meeting held under the open meetings law.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 551.043, Government Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 551.043. TIME AND ACCESSIBILITY OF NOTICE;
POSTING OF
BUDGET;
GENERAL RULE.
SECTION 2. Section 551.043, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c) and (c-1) to
read as follows:
(a) The notice of a meeting of a governmental body must be
posted in a place readily accessible to the general public at all
times for at least
three business days
[
72 hours
] before the
scheduled
date
[
time
] of the meeting, except as provided by
Sections
551.044, 551.045, 551.046, and 551.1281
[
551.044-551.046
].
(c)
The notice of a meeting required to be posted under
Subsection (a) at which a governmental body will discuss or adopt a
budget for the governmental body must include:
(1)
a physical copy of the proposed budget unless the
governmental body has made the proposed budget clearly accessible
on the home page of the governmental body's Internet website; and
(2)
a taxpayer impact statement showing, for the
median-valued homestead property, a comparison of the property tax
bill in dollars pertaining to the property for the current fiscal
year to an estimate of the property tax bill in dollars for the same
property for the upcoming fiscal year if:
(A) the proposed budget is adopted; and
(B)
for a taxing unit as defined by Section 1.04,
Tax Code, other than an independent school district, a balanced
budget funded at the no-new-revenue tax rate as calculated under
Chapter 26, Tax Code, is adopted.
(c-1)
Subsection (c) does not apply to the governing board
of a general academic teaching institution or of a university
system to which Section 551.1281 applies.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
______________________________
______________________________
President of the Senate
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1522 was passed by the House on April
9, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 1522 on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 2,
1 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1522 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
__________________
Governor