HB2520 - Relating to the open meetings law.

      H.B. No. 2520         AN ACT   relating to the open meetings 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;                      (L)  a joint board created under Section 22.074,   Transportation Code; [ and ]                      (M)  a board of directors of a reinvestment zone   created under Chapter 311, Tax Code ; and                       (N)     a board of managers appointed under Chapter   39A, Education Code .          SECTION 2.  Section 551.041, Government Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 551.041.  NOTICE OF MEETING REQUIRED.   (a) A   governmental body shall give written notice of the date, hour,   place, and subject of each meeting held by the governmental body.           (b)     The notice must include an agenda for the meeting that   is the subject of the notice that:                 (1)     is sufficiently specific to inform the public of   each subject to be considered in the open portion of the meeting,   including any matter:                       (A)  that is special or unusual; or                       (B)     in which the public may have a particular   interest; and                 (2)     describes any subject to be considered in the   closed portion of the meeting, if applicable.          SECTION 3.  Section 551.074, Government Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 551.074.  PERSONNEL MATTERS; CLOSED MEETING.  (a)  This   chapter does not require a governmental body to conduct an open   meeting:                (1)  to deliberate the appointment, employment,   evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a   specific public officer or employee; or                (2)  to hear a complaint or charge against an officer or   employee.          (b)  Subsection (a) does not apply if :                 (1)   the officer or employee who is the subject of the   deliberation or hearing requests a public hearing ; or                 (2)     the governmental body's deliberations under   Subsection (a)(1) concern operational issues that generally impact   a class or group of employees, including changes in the duties or   compensation of a class or group of employees .          SECTION 4.  Section 551.083, Government Code, is repealed.          SECTION 5.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   a meeting of a governmental body held on or after the effective date   of this Act.          SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 2520 was passed by the House on May 1,   2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 137, Nays 3, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 2520 was passed by the Senate on May   28, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor