{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-551.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 551.003","heading":"LEGISLATURE.","body":"In this chapter, the legislature is exercising its powers to adopt rules to prohibit secret meetings of the legislature, committees of the legislature, and other bodies associated with the legislature, except as specifically permitted in the constitution.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 5. OPEN GOVERNMENT; ETHICS","SUBTITLE A. OPEN GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 551. OPEN MEETINGS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.551.htm#551.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"d3f9b3172e876338eeb12fd23d6dfe779e12fca0baa6cc67266d4918b1aaa580","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-551.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-551.0035"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}