Tex. Gov't Code § 551.071 · Subchapter D. EXCEPTIONS TO REQUIREMENT THAT MEETINGS BE OPEN
CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY; CLOSED MEETING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A governmental body may not conduct a private consultation with its attorney except:
(1) when the governmental body seeks the advice of its attorney about:
(A) pending or contemplated litigation; or
(B) a settlement offer; or
(2) on a matter in which the duty of the attorney to the governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.551.htm
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- sha256 9372bdbe79187163d11ecc30034faefe1a84677047a46c3b13aa7f966392392b
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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