83rd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2414, Chapter 685 Page: 4 of 6
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H.B. No. 2414
1 amended by adding Section 551.006 to read as follows:
2 Sec. 551.006. WRITTEN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS ACCESSIBLE
3 TO PUBLIC. (a) A communication or exchange of information between
4 members of a governmental body about public business or public
5 policy over which the governmental body has supervision or control
6 does not constitute a meeting or deliberation for purposes of this
7 chapter if:
8 (1) the communication is in writing;
9 (2) the writing is posted to an online message board or
10 similar Internet application that is viewable and searchable by the
11 public; and
12 (3) the communication is displayed in real time and
13 displayed on the online message board or similar Internet
14 application for no less than 30 days after the communication is
15 first posted.
16 (b) A governmental body may have no more than one online
17 message board or similar Internet application to be used for the
18 purposes described in Subsection (a). The online message board or
19 similar Internet application must be owned or controlled by the
20 governmental body, prominently displayed on the governmental
21 body's primary Internet web page, and no more than one click away
22 from the governmental body's primary Internet web page.
23 (c) The online message board or similar Internet
24 application described in Subsection (a) may only be used by members
25 of the governmental body or staff members of the governmental body
26 who have received specific authorization from a member of the
27 governmental body. In the event that a staff member posts a4
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 83rd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2414, Chapter 685, legislative document, June 14, 2013; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth437798/m1/4/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.