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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