Bill Text: TX SB1854 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the inclusion of local school health advisory councils as governmental bodies for purposes of the open meetings law and the public information law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-07 - Referred to Public Education [SB1854 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1854-Engrossed.html
By: Paxton, Campbell, Hall | S.B. No. 1854 |
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relating to the inclusion of local school health advisory councils | ||
as governmental bodies for purposes of the open meetings law and the | ||
public information law. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 551.001(3), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(3) "Governmental body" means: | ||
(A) a board, commission, department, committee, | ||
or agency within the executive or legislative branch of state | ||
government that is directed by one or more elected or appointed | ||
members; | ||
(B) a county commissioners court in the state; | ||
(C) a municipal governing body in the state; | ||
(D) a deliberative body that has rulemaking or | ||
quasi-judicial power and that is classified as a department, | ||
agency, or political subdivision of a county or municipality; | ||
(E) a school district board of trustees; | ||
(F) a county board of school trustees; | ||
(G) a county board of education; | ||
(H) the governing board of a special district | ||
created by law; | ||
(I) a local workforce development board created | ||
under Section 2308.253; | ||
(J) a nonprofit corporation that is eligible to | ||
receive funds under the federal community services block grant | ||
program and that is authorized by this state to serve a geographic | ||
area of the state; | ||
(K) a nonprofit corporation organized under | ||
Chapter 67, Water Code, that provides a water supply or wastewater | ||
service, or both, and is exempt from ad valorem taxation under | ||
Section 11.30, Tax Code; [ |
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(L) a joint board created under Section 22.074, | ||
Transportation Code; and | ||
(M) a local school health advisory council | ||
established under Section 28.004, Education Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 552.003(1), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(1) "Governmental body": | ||
(A) means: | ||
(i) a board, commission, department, | ||
committee, institution, agency, or office that is within or is | ||
created by the executive or legislative branch of state government | ||
and that is directed by one or more elected or appointed members; | ||
(ii) a county commissioners court in the | ||
state; | ||
(iii) a municipal governing body in the | ||
state; | ||
(iv) a deliberative body that has | ||
rulemaking or quasi-judicial power and that is classified as a | ||
department, agency, or political subdivision of a county or | ||
municipality; | ||
(v) a school district board of trustees; | ||
(vi) a county board of school trustees; | ||
(vii) a county board of education; | ||
(viii) the governing board of a special | ||
district; | ||
(ix) the governing body of a nonprofit | ||
corporation organized under Chapter 67, Water Code, that provides a | ||
water supply or wastewater service, or both, and is exempt from ad | ||
valorem taxation under Section 11.30, Tax Code; | ||
(x) a local workforce development board | ||
created under Section 2308.253; | ||
(xi) a nonprofit corporation that is | ||
eligible to receive funds under the federal community services | ||
block grant program and that is authorized by this state to serve a | ||
geographic area of the state; [ |
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(xii) the part, section, or portion of an | ||
organization, corporation, commission, committee, institution, or | ||
agency that spends or that is supported in whole or in part by | ||
public funds; and | ||
(xiii) a local school health advisory | ||
council established under Section 28.004, Education Code; and | ||
(B) does not include the judiciary. | ||
SECTION 3. (a) The changes in law made by this Act apply | ||
only to a meeting held on or after the effective date of this Act. A | ||
meeting held before the effective date of this Act is governed by | ||
the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, | ||
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
(b) The changes in law made by this Act apply only to a | ||
request for public information received on or after the effective | ||
date of this Act. A request for public information received before | ||
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when | ||
the request was received, and the former law is continued in effect | ||
for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |