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H.B. No. 5534 AN ACT relating to the electronic posting of notices and agendas for meetings of the commissioners court of a county. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 82.051(b), Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) A county clerk may post an official and legal notice, including the agenda for a meeting of the commissioners court, by electronic display instead of posting a physical document. An electronic display of information posted under this section using a device described by Subsection (a)(1) must meet the location, time, and accessibility requirements provided by law for the posting of the notice. An electronic display of information posted under this section on a county's public Internet website must meet the time requirements provided by law for the posting of the notice. SECTION 2. Section 551.049, Government Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 551.049. COUNTY GOVERNMENTAL BODY: PLACE OF POSTING NOTICE. A county governmental body shall post notice of each meeting on: (1) a bulletin board at a place convenient to the public in the county courthouse; or (2) an electronic display as provided by Section 82.051, Local Government Code. SECTION 3. Section 551.049, Government Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to notice that is required to be posted on or after the effective date of this Act. Notice that is required to be posted before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at that time, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 5534 was passed by the House on May 15, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 5534 was passed by the Senate on May 22, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor
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