Subsection 2A(h) of article 6252-17, V.T.C.S., the Texas Open Meetings Act, applies to the certified agenda or tape recording kept as a record of an executive session. It does not prohibit members of a governmental body or other persons in attendance at an executive session from making...
Only the members of a governmental body have a right to attend an executive session; however, the governmental body’s attorney must be present when it meets under section 551.071. This means Commissioners Court may exclude the county clerk from an executive session because the county clerk is n...
AS USED IN THIS NOTICE, THE TERM “EXECUTIVE SESSION” MEANS A “CLOSED MEETING” AS DEFINED IN TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551, THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT. CONSTRUCTION BOND REQUIREMENTS - BONDING SURETIES MUST BE QUALIFIED TO DO BUSINESS IN TEXAS AND ACCEPTABLE TO THE DISTRICT. BORROWER MAY FUR...
Meanwhile, the FOI Foundation of Texas works every legislative session to defend the Texas Open Meetings Act, the state’s other major transparency law that was expanded during the early 1970s reform movement. Its enforcement provisions must remain available to everyday ...
The article reports that AG wins landmark ruling to keep Texas Open Meetings Act intact. U.S. District Judge Robert Junell ruled that a number of allegations brought by former Alpine city council members that the open meetings law restricts or affects free speech of public officials who are a...
Texas Open Meetings Act The Texas Open Meetings Act is detailed inChapter 551 of the Government Code. It states that governmental bodies must hold open meetings unless there is an authorized reason for a closed session, also known as an executive session. ...
The event featured a live auction with special items and experiences to help raise money, as well as special guests including Dallas Cowboys Executive Vice President and Chief Brand Officer Charlotte Jones, former Dallas Stars goaltender and current Dallas Stars Foundation President Marty Turco, ...
“I join the Attorney General in disagreeing with the excessive action by the Dallas Judge, putting Shelley Luther in jail for seven days,” hesaidin a statement. “Compliance with executive orders during this pandemic is important to ensure public safety; however, surely there are less ...
The two quickly agreed to hold an emergency meeting of the medical staff’s executive committee that afternoon. But first there was the matter of Hall’s appointment with Holland, which went off as scheduled at about noon. Hall told the doctor her office nurse, Genene Jones, had irritated ...
It doesn’t, for example, include legislation that would prevent data brokers from selling consumer data to federal law enforcement. It also doesn’t move a Reagan-era executive order on surveillance under the guardrails of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. ...