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Relating to notice of a meeting held under the open meetings law, the official text

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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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