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S.B. No. 1504
AN ACT
relating to meetings of the board of directors of the Gulf Coast
Authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2.07, Chapter 409, Acts of the 61st
Legislature, Regular Session, 1969, is amended by amending
Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) to read
as follows:
(a) The board shall meet
regularly as necessary
[
at least
once each month, and may meet at any other time provided in its
bylaws
].
(d)
Notwithstanding Chapter 551, Government Code, Chapter
49, Water Code, or any other law, the directors of the board may
hold an open or closed meeting by telephone conference call,
videoconference, or other similar telecommunication method as
provided by this section. The board may use a telephone conference
call, videoconference, or other similar telecommunication method
for purposes of establishing a quorum, for voting, or for any other
meeting purpose.
(e)
A meeting of the directors may be held by telephone
conference call, videoconference, or other similar
telecommunication method only if:
(1)
the director presiding over the meeting is
physically present at the location of the meeting that is open to
the public specified in the notice of the meeting during the open
portions of the meeting; and
(2)
a video and audio feed of the directors
participating in the portions of the meeting required to be open
must be visible and audible to the public at the meeting location.
(f)
A director who participates in a meeting by telephone
conference call, videoconference, or other similar
telecommunication method shall be considered absent from any
portion of the meeting during which audio or video communication
with the director is lost or disconnected.
(g)
A meeting held by telephone conference call,
videoconference, or other similar telecommunication method is
subject to the notice requirements applicable to other board
meetings.
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. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
______________________________
______________________________
President of the Senate
Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1504 passed the Senate on
April 16, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 30, 2025, by the
following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1504 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 128,
Nays 13, two present not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
______________________________
Governor