bill setting where MUD boards meet

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89R2574 ANG-D

By: Hall
S.B. No. 933

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the location of meetings of the board of directors of a

municipal utility district.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 54, Water Code, is amended

by adding Section 54.103 to read as follows:

Sec. 54.103. MEETINGS. (a) A regular or special meeting of

the board must be held:

(1) if less than 50 percent of the land area inside a

district has been developed, at a publicly accessible location:

(A) inside the district; or

(B) not more than 10 miles outside the district;

or

(2) if at least 50 percent of the land area inside a

district has been developed and except as provided by Subsection

(b), at a publicly accessible location inside the district.

(b) If at least 50 percent of the land area inside a district

has been developed, the board may hold a regular or special meeting

of the board at a publicly accessible location not more than 10

miles outside the district if five qualified electors petition the

board to designate a location outside the district.

(c) This section does not prohibit the board from holding an

open or closed meeting by telephone conference call or video

conference call in accordance with Chapter 551, Government Code.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.