- (a) Chapter 551, Government Code, applies to a meeting of the governing committee.
- (b) Notwithstanding Chapter 551, Government Code, or any other law, the governing committee may meet by telephone conference call, videoconference, or other similar telecommunication method for any meeting purpose, including conducting a vote or establishing a quorum, regardless of the subject matter discussed or considered.
- (c) A meeting authorized by this section is subject to the notice requirements that apply to other meetings of the governing committee under Chapter 551, Government Code.
(d) The notice of a meeting authorized by this section must:
- (1) specify that the location of the meeting is a location at which at least one member of the governing committee is physically present; and
- (2) state clear instructions and requirements for electronic attendance by a member of the committee.
- (e) Each part of a meeting authorized by this section must be audible to the public at the location specified by Subsection (d).
- (f) Two-way audio communication must be available during the entire meeting between all members of the governing committee attending a meeting authorized by this section, and if the two-way audio communication is disrupted so that a quorum of the committee is no longer participating in the meeting, the meeting may not continue until the two-way audio communication is reestablished.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 95 (S.B. 733), Sec. 2, eff. May 18, 2013.