Tex.
Gov't Code Section 475.0101
Applicability of Open Meetings and Open Records Laws
(a)
A local organizing committee and the committee’s governing body are subject to Chapters 551 (Open Meetings) and 552 (Public Information). For purposes of those chapters, the governing body of a local organizing committee is considered a governmental body as defined by those chapters. For purposes of Chapter 552 (Public Information), the records and information of a local organizing committee are considered public records and public information.(b)
A final bid that a local organizing committee submits to a site selection organization, or a draft of that bid, is excepted from required public disclosure under Chapter 552 (Public Information) until the organization selects the site for the games.(c)
Chapter 551 (Open Meetings) does not apply to a meeting of a subcommittee of a local organizing committee’s governing body if:(1)
the subcommittee consists of not more than five members;(2)
the meeting is not held in a public building;(3)
the subcommittee makes a recording of the meeting proceedings in compliance with Section 551.103 (Certified Agenda or Recording Required), and the committee preserves the recording until the second anniversary of the date the recording is made;(4)
the subcommittee does not discuss or decide any financial matters during the meeting; and(5)
any decision the subcommittee makes will not take effect without the governing body reviewing and officially adopting the decision at a meeting held in compliance with Chapter 551 (Open Meetings).(d)
A recording made under Subsection (c) is subject to required public disclosure in the manner prescribed by Chapter 552 (Public Information) for a public record.
Source:
Section 475.0101 — Applicability of Open Meetings and Open Records Laws, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.475.htm#475.0101 (accessed May 4, 2024).
