Tex. Gov't Code § 551.103 · Subchapter E. PROCEDURES RELATING TO CLOSED MEETING
CERTIFIED AGENDA OR RECORDING REQUIRED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A governmental body shall either keep a certified agenda or make a recording of the proceedings of each closed meeting, except for a private consultation permitted under Section 551.071.
(b) The presiding officer shall certify that an agenda kept under Subsection (a) is a true and correct record of the proceedings.
(c) The certified agenda must include:
(1) a statement of the subject matter of each deliberation;
(2) a record of any further action taken; and
(3) an announcement by the presiding officer at the beginning and the end of the meeting indicating the date and time.
(d) A recording made under Subsection (a) must include announcements by the presiding officer at the beginning and the end of the meeting indicating the date and time.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 471), Sec. 8, eff. May 18, 2013.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 471), Sec. 9, eff. May 18, 2013.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.551.htm
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- Tex. Gov't Code § 418.183DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.Printed as Section 551.103(a)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 475.0101APPLICABILITY OF OPEN MEETINGS AND OPEN RECORDS LAWS.Printed as Section 551.103
- Tex. Gov't Code § 551.0725COMMISSIONERS COURTS: DELIBERATION REGARDING CONTRACT BEING NEGOTIATED; CLOSED MEETING.Printed as Section 551.103(a), Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 551.0726TEXAS FACILITIES COMMISSION: DELIBERATION REGARDING CONTRACT BEING NEGOTIATED; CLOSED MEETING.Printed as Section 551.103(a)
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