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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
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