Bill Text: TX HB1734 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the mayors of certain municipalities to call a special meeting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB1734 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1734-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1734 |
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relating to the authority of the mayors of certain municipalities | ||
to call a special meeting. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 22.038(b), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The mayor may call a special meeting on the mayor's own | ||
motion and shall call a special meeting [ |
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three aldermen. Each member of the governing body, the secretary, | ||
and the municipal attorney must be notified of the special meeting. | ||
The notice may be given personally or left at the person's usual | ||
place of residence. | ||
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, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1734 was passed by the House on May 8, | ||
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1734 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |