Texas Transportation Code
§ 173.106 — BOARD MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE OR VIDEOCONFERENCE
TN § 173.106Title 5. RAILROADS · Part I. SPECIAL DISTRICTS · Ch. 173. INTERMUNICIPAL COMMUTER RAIL DISTRICTS · Art. C. BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES
Statute text
View on source(a)Chapter 551, Government Code, does not prohibit the board from holding an open or closed meeting by telephone conference call or videoconference.
(b)A meeting held by telephone conference call or videoconference need not have a quorum present at any one location.
(c)A telephone conference call or videoconference meeting is subject to the notice requirements applicable to other meetings.
(d)The notice of a telephone conference call or videoconference meeting must specify each location of the meeting where a director will participate and the physical location where the presiding officer of the board will preside. Each of those locations must be open to the public during the open portion of the meeting.
(e)Each part of a telephone conference call meeting that is required to be open to the public must be audible to the public at each meeting location specified in the notice of the meeting and shall be tape recorded. The district shall make the tape recording available to the public.
(f)Each part of a videoconference meeting that is required to be open to the public must:
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.04, eff. April 1, 2011.