04-20-10 Special Called Regular Meeting of the Fiscal Affairs Committee

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~ ~ 551.104. Certified Agenda or Tape; Preservation; Disclosure (a) A governmental body shall preserve the certified agenda or tape recording of a closed meeting for at least two years after the date of the meeting. If an action involving the meeting is brought within that period, the governmental body shall preserve the certified agenda or tape while the action is pending. (b) In litigation in a district court involving an alleged violation of this chapter, the court: (I) is entitled to make an in camera inspection of the certified agenda or tape; (2) may admit all or part of the certified agenda or tape as evidence, on entry of a final judgment; and (3) may grant legal or equitable relief it considers appropriate, including an order that the governmental body make available to the public the certified agenda or tape of any part of a meeting that was required to be open under this chapter. (c) The certified agenda or tape ofa closed meeting is available for public inspection and copying only under a court order issued under Subsection (b){3). Subchapter F. Meetings Using Telephone, Videoconference, or Internet ~ 551.121. Governing Board ofInstitution of Higher Education; Board for Lease of University Lands; Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board: Special Meeting for Immediate Action (a) In this section, "governing board," "institution of higher education," and "university system" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code. (b) This chapter does not prohibit the governing board of an institution of higher education, the Board for Lease of University Lands, or the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board from holding an open or closed meeting by telephone conference call. (c) A meeting held by telephone conference call authorized by this section may be held only if: (1) the meeting is a special called meeting and immediate action is required; and (2) the convening at one location of a quorum of the governing board, the Board for Lease of University Lands. the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, as applicable, is difficult or impossible. (d) The telephone conference call meeting is subject to the notice requirements applicable to other meetings. ( e) The notice of a telephone conference call meeting of a governing board must specify as the location of the meeting the location where meetings of the governing board are usually held. For a meeting of the governing board of a university system, the notice must specify as the location