Tex. Ins. Code § 2151.057 · Subchapter B. TEXAS AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE PLAN ASSOCIATION
COMMITTEE MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE AND VIDEOCONFERENCE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Chapter 551, Government Code, applies to a meeting of the governing committee.
(b) Notwithstanding Chapter 551, Government Code, or any other law, the governing committee may meet by telephone conference call, videoconference, or other similar telecommunication method for any meeting purpose, including conducting a vote or establishing a quorum, regardless of the subject matter discussed or considered.
(c) A meeting authorized by this section is subject to the notice requirements that apply to other meetings of the governing committee under Chapter 551, Government Code.
(d) The notice of a meeting authorized by this section must:
(1) specify that the location of the meeting is a location at which at least one member of the governing committee is physically present; and
(2) state clear instructions and requirements for electronic attendance by a member of the committee.
(e) Each part of a meeting authorized by this section must be audible to the public at the location specified by Subsection (d).
(f) Two-way audio communication must be available during the entire meeting between all members of the governing committee attending a meeting authorized by this section, and if the two-way audio communication is disrupted so that a quorum of the committee is no longer participating in the meeting, the meeting may not continue until the two-way audio communication is reestablished.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 95 (S.B. 733), Sec. 2, eff. May 18, 2013.
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