Tex. Util. Code § 12.202 · Subchapter E. PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION AND REPORTS
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the commission and to speak on any issue under the jurisdiction of the commission.
(a-1) The policies adopted under this section must require the agenda for each regular commission meeting to include public testimony as a meeting agenda item and allow members of the public to comment on:
(1) each meeting agenda item unrelated to a contested case; and
(2) other matters under the commission's jurisdiction.
(a-2) The commission may prohibit public comment at a regular commission meeting on a meeting agenda item related to a contested case.
(b) The commission shall comply with federal and state laws related to program and facility accessibility.
(c) The commission shall prepare and maintain a written plan that describes how a person who does not speak English may be provided reasonable access to the commission's programs and services.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 410 (H.B. 1500), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.12.htm
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- Composed by
- 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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