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89(R) HB 5534 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
H.B. No. 5534
AN ACT
relating to the electronic posting of notices and agendas for
meetings of the commissioners court of a county.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 82.051(b), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A county clerk may post an official and legal notice
,
including the agenda for a meeting of the commissioners court,
by
electronic display instead of posting a physical document. An
electronic display of information posted under this section using a
device described by Subsection (a)(1) must meet the location, time,
and accessibility requirements provided by law for the posting of
the notice. An electronic display of information posted under this
section on a county's public Internet website must meet the time
requirements provided by law for the posting of the notice.
SECTION 2. 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 3. Section 551.049, Government Code, as amended by
this Act, applies 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.
______________________________
______________________________
President of the Senate
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 5534 was passed by the House on May
15, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 5534 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
_____________________
Governor