Sec. 462.059. MEETING BY CONFERENCE CALL. (a) Notwithstanding Chapter 551, Government Code, the board may hold an open meeting by telephone conference call if immediate action is required and convening of a quorum of the board at a single location is not reasonable or practical.
(b) The meeting is subject to the notice requirements that apply to other meetings.
(c) The notice of the meeting must specify as the location of the meeting the location at which meetings of the board are usually held, and each part of the meeting that is required to be open to the public must be audible to the public at that location and must be tape recorded. The tape recording shall be made available to the public.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2007.
Last modified: September 28, 2016