HB849 - Relating to the authority of a county board of park commissioners to hold a meeting by videoconference call.

  89R2738 TJB-D     By: Vasut H.B. No. 849       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the authority of a county board of park commissioners to   hold a meeting by videoconference call.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 551.127(c), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (c)   This subsection applies only to a [ A ] meeting of a state   governmental body , [ or ] a governmental body that extends into three   or more counties , or a county board of park commissioners. A   meeting may be held by videoconference call only if the member of   the governmental body presiding over the meeting is physically   present at one location of the meeting that is open to the public   during the open portions of the meeting.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a meeting held on or after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  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, 2025.