{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-475.0101","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 475.0101","heading":"APPLICABILITY OF OPEN MEETINGS AND OPEN RECORDS LAWS.","body":"(a) A local organizing committee and the committee's governing body are subject to Chapters 551 and 552. 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, the records and information of a local organizing committee are considered public records and public information.\n(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 until the organization selects the site for the games.\n(c) Chapter 551 does not apply to a meeting of a subcommittee of a local organizing committee's governing body if:\n(1) the subcommittee consists of not more than five members;\n(2) the meeting is not held in a public building;\n(3) the subcommittee makes a recording of the meeting proceedings in compliance with Section 551.103, and the committee preserves the recording until the second anniversary of the date the recording is made;\n(4) the subcommittee does not discuss or decide any financial matters during the meeting; and\n(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.\n(d) A recording made under Subsection (c) is subject to required public disclosure in the manner prescribed by Chapter 552 for a public record.\nAdded by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 301 (H.B. 4174), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE E-1. EVENT REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAMS","CHAPTER 475. GENERAL PROVISIONS","SUBCHAPTER C. LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.475.htm#475.0101","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"e101c5411a600054638fd028036ffdf4ed5f51c6369bb53e1529aca98895682f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-475.0060","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-475.0102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}