| PUBLIC MEETINGS |
| "Deliberative body that has rulemaking or quasi-judicial powers," construing the phrase | GA-0361 |
| "Litigation" within Open Meetings Act includes contested permit hearing before the Board of Directors of the Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District | GA-0334 |
| Advisory board permitted to meet by telephone conference call under the Open Meetings Act, whether the Real Estate Inspector Committee constitutes | GA-0379 |
| Advisory committee, qualifications of persons to be appointed to may not be discussed in executive session | DM-0149 |
| Agenda preparation for city council meeting, home-rule city may adopt reasonable rules for | DM-0473 |
| Alternate licensed bail bond surety to serve on county bail bond board when licensed bail bond surety representative is unable to attend meetings, board may not permit | JC-0428 |
| An emergency meeting of a Type A general-law municipality will be considered a called meeting for purposes of Local Government Code section 22.039 if it is held at a time or place other than the regular meeting time and place established by a resolution adopted pursuant to section 22.038 | KP-0061 |
| Appointment of members to Dallas Area Rapid Transit Board, city council may discuss in executive session but may take final action only in an open meeting | LO94-063 |
| Assessor-collector who serves as nonvoting member of appraisal district board is counted in determining presence of quorum | JC-0580 |
| Attendance by a quorum of the members of the board of a state governmental body at a legislative hearing is subject to the Open Meetings Act. | JC-0308 |
| Attendance by a quorum of the members of the board of a state governmental body at a legislative hearing is subject to the Open Meetings Act. | JC-0308 |
| Attorney's fees of county commissioners investigated for violation of the Texas Open Meetings Act | KP-0016 |
| Authority of open-enrollment charter school board members to participate in a videoconference call public meeting from location outside of its geographic service including out of state area | GA-1079 |
| Briefing sessions, under Open Meetings Act members of a governmental body may consult in private with employees but not other third parties (Overrules Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. No. DM-17 (1991)) | DM-0191 |
| Certificate or warrant for withdrawal of funds from county treasury, requirement that commissioners court issue in open meeting held in compliance with Open Meetings Act | LO95-002 |
| Certified agenda or tape recording of closed meeting, member of governmental body who participated in closed meeting is not "member of the public" and may therefore review agenda or tape if governmental body permits (Overruled to extent inconsistent with | DM-0227 |
| City charter provision allowing a majority of a city council to call a special meeting, inconclusive as to whether such provision violates the Open Meetings Act | GA-0717 |
| City of Austin Employees Retirement System should post notice of meetings at city hall | LO92-034 |
| Civil remedies available for Open Meetings Act violations: Actions taken violating Act are voidable and any interested person may bring action by mandamus or injunction to stop, prevent, or reverse a violation or threatened violation of the Act | KP-0254 |
| Civil service hearing, examiner's authority to close to public | LO96-018 |
| Closed meeting, consistently with Open Meetings Act a commissioners court may allow county auditor to attend if it determines that auditor's interests are not adverse to county's and that auditor's presence is necessary to anticipated discussion, although | JC-0506 |
| Closed session, notice requirements for deliberation of appointment of officer or employee in | LO92-009 |
| Commissioners court may set reasonable limits on presentations, but may not unreasonably discriminate | LO96-111 |
| Committee of city and county officials and employees who meet to share information about jail conditions but does not supervise or control public business or public policy is not subject to Open Meetings Act | GA-0504 |
| Committee of city and county officials and employees who meet to share information about jail conditions but does not supervise or control public business or public policy is not subject to Open Meetings Act | GA-0504 |
| Common-law standard for determining majority vote by school district board of trustees to act in its official capacity, section 11.051(a-1), Texas Education Code, does not alter | GA-0689 |
| Criminal liability under Open Meetings Act, person who is not a member of the commissioners court may be charged with a violation of the Act, but only if the person aids or assists a member or members who knowingly act to violate the Act | JC-0307 |
| Criminal liability under Open Meetings Act, person who is not a member of the commissioners court who acts independently to urge individual members to place an item on agenda or vote a certain way does not commit an offense under the Act, even if he or sh | JC-0307 |
| Directors of water district who have not yet taken oath of office do not count for purpose of determining presence of quorum in public meeting | GA-0355 |
| Dispense with monthly meetings for three successive months, authority of city council of Type A or Type B general law city to
| JC-0028 |
| Electronic communications could, depending on the facts of a particular case, constitute a "meeting" for purposes of the Texas Open Meetings Act. | GA-0896 |
| Emergency meetings by telephone under Open Meetings Act, if quorum of governmental body appears at one location, absent members may not participate by telephone conference call | JC-0352 |
| Emergency meetings by telephone, under Open Meetings Act notice of meeting need not state meeting will be held by telephone conference call | JC-0352 |
| Emergency notice requires statement of reason for emergency or urgent public necessity | JC-0406 |
| Emergency, a statutorily required action is not reasonably unforeseeable for purposes of Open Meetings Act definition of "emergency" | JC-0406 |
| Employee briefing sessions excluded from Open Meetings Act definition of "meeting" and are not subject to act, briefing sessions with other third parties are meetings subject to the act (Overrules Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. No. DM-17 (1991)) | DM-0191 |
| Ex officio board members with no voting power should not be counted in determining quorum | DM-0160 |
| Executive session of public meeting may be continued until following day | JC-0285 |
| Executive session to consult with attorney, notice of
| JC-0057 |
| Executive session to review medical records, authority of retirement system board of trustees acting as medical board or committee to hold | DM-0340 |
| Executive session under Open Meetings Act, complaints committee of Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors, consultation with its attorney in | LO96-116 |
| Executive session under Open Meetings Act, governmental body may meet in to consult with attorney regarding pending or contemplated quasi-judicial administrative proceedings | LO96-116 |
| Executive session under Open Meetings Act, testing committees reviewing contents of licensing examinations may not meet in to discuss test questions and answers | LO96-058 |
| Executive session, Act does not require advance notice that subject will be considered in, rather than in open meeting | LO90-027 |
| Executive session, commissioners court has discretion as to whether to admit county clerk to its | GA-0277 |
| Executive session, commissioners court not authorized to meet in to discuss proposed city or county property tax abatement | LO97-096 |
| Executive session, county hospital district board of managers' authority to exclude county attorney | LO97-017 |
| Executive session, initial determination regarding authority to hold rests with governmental body | LO95-082 |
| Executive session, interested person may bring mandamus to prevent | LO95-082 |
| Executive session, release to county clerk of tape of, would not make tape public | GA-0277 |
| Executive session, whether insurance guaranty associations may meet in executive session to discuss information made confidential by statute | DM-0284 |
| Executive sessions of board of trustees, contractual requirement that superintendent attend is valid under Open Meetings Act | JC-0375 |
| Exemption from Open Meetings Act for governing body of hospital district when acting as medical peer review committee | JC-0108 |
| For purposes of Local Government Code section 22.039, a "called meeting" of a Type A general-law municipality is a meeting called and held at a time or place other than the regular meeting time and place adopted pursuant to subsection 22.038(a) | KP-0061 |
| Geographic location of in-person public meeting of open-enrollment charter school | GA-1079 |
| Grievance, discipline, and evaluation proceedings, employee subject to has right to open meeting but no right to insist upon closed meeting | JM-1191 |
| Informational meeting consisting only of invitees, Sulphur Basin River Authority may hold where quorum of Authority board is present | GA-0098 |
| Input regarding a public officer or employee, under the Open Meetings Act members of the public are not permitted to attend a closed meeting to give
| GA-0511 |
| Joint statement on matter of governmental business of policy, deliberation on statement is subject to the Open Meetings Act | DM-0095 |
| License holder who carries a concealed handgun into an open meeting of a junior college district board of trustees in which no Penal Code section 30.06 trespass notice was posted would have a defense to the prosecution of Penal Code subsection 46.035(c) | KP-0167 |
| Local government corporations, whether subject to Open Meetings Act | JC-0335 |
| Municipal authority to appoint a city council member as an ex officio member of a housing authority board of commissioners | KP-0006 |
| Nonprofit water supply corporation, notice of meeting to amend bylaws | LO96-042 |
| Notice of a closed meeting need not cite the section or subsection number of the provisions authorizing the closed meeting
| GA-0511 |
| Notice of meeting, commissioners court must repost if meeting is continued to any day other than day immediately following | DM-0482 |
| Notice required for "personal endorsement" motion | GA-0477 |
| Notice stating that subject will be discussed in open or closed session | JC-0057 |
| Notice to members of a governmental body not governed by Open Meetings Act, under common law predating Act, court may void action taken by governmental body at meeting for which members did not receive notice | JC-0352 |
| Open Meetings Act - Court unlikely to conclude that a governmental body is prohibited from holding meetings at a location that requires the presentation of photo identification for admittance | KP-0020 |
| Open Meetings Act, circulation of a claim, invoice, or bill in writing for approval of payment among members of a commissioners court in lieu of consideration of the item at an open meeting would violate the Act | JC-0307 |
| Open Meetings Act, members of a governmental body who knowingly conspire to gather in numbers that do not physically constitute a quorum at any one time but who, through successive gatherings, secretly discuss a public matter with a quorum of that body vi | GA-0326 |
| Open Meetings Act, section 551.143 is not on its face void for vagueness | GA-0326 |
| Open Meetings Act, Texas State Library and Archives Commission’s rule requiring a state agency to create and maintain written minutes of the agency’s open meetings is invalid under the | GA-0727 |
| Open meetings notices, county clerk is authorized to charge a reasonable fee to a water district or other district or political subdivision to receive and post | GA-0152 |
| Open meetings notices, county clerk may not charge a fee to governmental bodies to retain | GA-0152 |
| Personnel matter over which governmental body lacks ultimate authority, discussion of the personnel matter in a closed meeting does not violate the Open Meetings Act as a matter of law | JC-0167 |
| Personnel matters, meetings at which discussed only required to be open if affected officer or employee so requests | LO90-048 |
| Portions of a “closed meeting” attended by members of the public were “not permitted” within section 551.144(a).
| GA-0511 |
| Proposed contract, governmental body may hold executive session to receive advice from its attorney on legal issues raised by, but may not engage in general policy discussion of non-legal matters merely because attorney is present | JC-0233 |
| Prosecution for violating Open Meetings Act, payment from public funds of city council members' attorney fees to defend against (Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. No. DM-488 (1998) modified) | JC-0294 |
| Public comment sessions in which members of the public address a governmental body are "meetings" subject to notice requirements of Open Meetings Act as amended by House Bill 156 of 76th Legislature, but notice may be highly general | JC-0169 |
| Public meeting in Mexico, University of Texas Board of Regents may not hold | JC-0487 |
| Quorum of city council of Type A general law city | JC-0028 |
| Ratification of "personal endorsement" action | GA-0477 |
| Record of executive session meeting, disclosure of | LO93-105 |
| Robert's Rules of Order provides that a majority vote is cast by persons legally entitled to vote, excluding blanks or abstentions, at a regular or properly called meeting at which a quorum is present | GA-0412 |
| School board's option under Open Meetings Act to hold executive session for personnel matters and parent's right to public session regarding discipline of child, resolution of conflict between | LO95-082 |
| School district board of trustees, open and closed meetings must be held within boundaries of the school district | LO96-048 |
| Security personnel in exception to Open Meetings Act includes law enforcement personnel of sheriff's office | LO93-105 |
| Setting salaries of elected county officials, procedure for | LO95-018 |
| Special notice provision for meeting of governing board of single institution of higher education, whether applicable to junior college board | LO96-016 |
| Staff briefing sessions in which employees of a governmental body report to the governmental body are "meetings" subject to the notice requirements of the Open Meetings Act as amended by House Bill 156 of the 76th Legislature, and notice should disclose s | JC-0169 |
| Subsection 46.035(c), Penal Code, a governmental body may exclude the carrying of handguns from the specific room or rooms where an open meeting of a governmental entity is held under | KP-0098 |
| Tape of executive session, commissioners court is proper custodian of | GA-0277 |
| Tape recording of an executive session of a meeting, governmental body may not permit member of body to copy for his own use | LO98-033 |
| Tape recording of an executive session of a meeting, member of governmental body may not copy for his own use | LO98-033 |
| Tape recording of closed meeting may be reviewed by member of governmental body who did not attend meeting, but copy of tape may not be provided | JC-0120 |
| Tape recording of executive session, district judge lacks authority to order county clerk to release absent pending litigation under Open Meetings Act (Withdrawn by Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. No. JM-1249A (1990)) | JM-1249 |
| Telephone conference, authority of insurance guaranty associations to meet by | DM-0284 |
| Telephone conversations between city council members, contravention of Open Meetings Act by | LO95-055 |
| Telephone or videoconference call, governmental body may meet by only as expressly authorized by Open Meetings Act (Affirming Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. No. DM-478 (1998)) | JC-0194 |
| Telephone participation in meeting not contemplated by Open Meetings Act and vote of member who does so may not be counted | LO94-031 |
| Third party administrator of county health benefits program, administrator is not an officer or employee for purpose of executive session deliberations concerning complaints against | JC-0411 |
| Video transmission, Open Meetings Act prohibits governmental body from permitting member to attend a meeting of the body via live | DM-0207 |
| Videoconference call meeting of open-enrollment charter school board under Government Code section 551.127 | GA-1079 |
| Videoconference call, authority of governing board of institution of higher education to hold public meetings by (Affirmed by Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. No. JC-0194 (2000)) | DM-0478 |
| Videoconference call, governmental body must recess or adjourn meeting via if technical difficulties prevent members of public at any remote location from seeing or hearing open portions of meeting | DM-0480 |
| Where city charter defines quorum as five members, removal from office of members does not reduce number required for quorum | GA-0175 |
| Whether note passed from one commission member to another violates the Open Meetings Act is a fact question that cannot be answered in an attorney general opinion | KP-0205 |
| Entities Subject to Open Meetings Act |
| A court would likely conclude that a group of district and county judges meeting to appoint a community supervision and corrections department director pursuant to Government Code chapter 76 is not a "governmental body" under the Open Meetings Act because the statutory curtailment of the group's previous managerial role with respect to departments. Consequently, notice of the group's meetings is not required by the Open Meetings Act to be posted. | KP-0038 |
| A group of district judges meeting to appoint the county auditor pursuant to Local Government Code section 84.003 is not a governmental body under the Open Meetings Act. Consequently, notice of the group's meetings is not required by the Act to be posted. | KP-0038 |
| Ad hoc intergovernmental working group to coordinate foreclosures and sales of delinquent tax properties is not as a matter of law a "governmental body" under the Open Meetings Act | JC-0160 |
| Adequate notice, city manager’s report, mayor’s update, and Council and other reports are not | GA-0668 |
| Automobile Insurance Plan Association | LO95-067 |
| Board of health maintenance organization established by hospital district not a governmental body subject to the Act, but its meetings may be subject to the Act if hospital district board of managers members serving on the HMO board constitute a subcommit | JC-0407 |
| Border Health Institute is subject to the Act | GA-0280 |
| Bryan Business Council is not subject to Open Meetings Act | GA-0206 |
| Bryan-College Station Economic Development Corporation, nonprofit corporation established by incorporators that contracts with county and cities to coordinate economic development is not a governmental body subject to Open Meetings Act | JC-0327 |
| Chamber of commerce subcommittee, which spends public funds under contract with city and which includes member of city council, is not subject to Act | LO96-113 |
| Chamber of commerce that receives funds from city and contracts with city is not subject to Act | LO93-055 |
| Charitable Campaign Policy Committee and related local committees are subject to the Act, but advisory committee is not | LO94-064 |
| Closed session to receive information from and ask questions of staff and companies responding to request for proposals for rail system, Houston Metropolitan Transit Authority was not participating in meeting subject to Act by meeting in (Overruled by Te | DM-0017 |
| Committee of Funeral Service Commission subject to act only when performing supervisory functions | LO97-058 |
| Community justice council established by district judges is not a "special district" or other entity subject to Act | JM-1185 |
| County election commission is not subject to the Open Meetings Act | GA-0361 |
| County salary grievance committee subject to Act | LO94-031 |
| Daughters of the Republic of Texas is a private corporation that acts as trustee for the Alamo on behalf of the State of Texas and is not a "governmental body" under the Act | LO98-061 |
| Development corporation created under Development Corporation Act of 1979, board of directors subject to Act | LO96-104 |
| Discussion among board members of Houston Metropolitan Transit Authority about companies' responses to proposals for rail system, Act does not authorize Board to hold closed meeting to engage in (Overruled by Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. No. DM-191 (1992)) | DM-0017 |
| Edwards Aquifer Authority, committee of the Authority is subject to Open Meetings Act when majority of board members attends meeting of committee | JC-0313 |
| Emergency Medical Services, commissioners court must administer as a body at meeting subject to Act | LO94-046 |
| Evaluation committee appointed by commissioners court to recommend selection of architect and negotiate contract is subject to Open Meetings Act | JC-0060 |
| Executive session, Interagency Council on Pharmaceuticals Bulk Purchasing is not authorized to meet in executive session to discuss drug pricing made confidential by statute | GA-0019 |
| Health Maintenance Organization Solvency Committee created under Insurance Code | DM-0284 |
| HIV health services planning council or HIV care consortium | LO95-036 |
| Housing authority (municipal, county, or regional) created under chapter 392 of the Local Government Code, subject to Act | DM-0426 |
| Interagency Council on Pharmaceuticals Bulk Purchasing is a governmental body that has supervision or control over public business and is thus subject to Open Meetings Act | GA-0019 |
| Issue county commissioners court has previously taken final action on, court may discuss at subsequent meeting provided subject set out in public notice in accordance with the Act | DM-0228 |
| Judges involved in management of Community Supervision and Corrections Department, committee of is subject to Act | DM-0395 |
| Life, Accident, Health, and Hospital Service Insurance Guaranty Association created under the Insurance Code | DM-0284 |
| Logan Slough Creek Improvement District is subject to the Open Meetings Act | GA-0756 |
| Meeting of governmental body under Government Code section 551.001(4), if a quorum of the governmental body attends a committee meeting and deliberates about public business or public policy over which the governmental body has supervision or control, it will constitute a
Notice should be posted for a meeting of the governmental body if a quorum of the governmental body attends a committee meeting and deliberates about public business or public policy over which the governmental body has supervision or control
Notice posted for a committee meeting that indicates a quorum of the governmental body may attend, a court would likely conclude such notice is sufficient to notify the public of such a meeting, as long as the other requirements of the Act are met | GA-0957 |
| Nonprofit corporation created but not controlled by state agency not subject to Act | LO96-146 |
| Nonprofit corporation that administers federal grant for benefit of county not subject to Act | LO94-090 |
| Nonprofit organization funded by Texas Commission for the Arts, fact that organization receives a grant of money from state agency does not by itself make it a governmental body subject it to the Act | LO90-058 |
| North Bosque Water Supply Corporation is not subject to Open Meetings Act if it does not meet certain statutory provisions | LO98-040 |
| Parker County Committee on Aging is not "governmental body" subject to the Act | DM-0007 |
| Partnership Advisory Commission is generally not subject to the Open Meetings Act | GA-0999 |
| Peer Advisory Review Panel of Commission on the Arts not subject to Open Meetings Act, because members of panel are consultants rather than commission members (Overrules Tex. Att'y Gen. LO-89-001) | LO90-033 |
| Pricing committee appointed by the Texas Public Finance Authority board of directors is a governmental body subject to the Open Meetings Act | JC-0053 |
| Private consultation between member of a governmental body and an employee does not constitute a "meeting" within the terms of Government Code chapter 551 | GA-0989 |
| Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association created under Insurance Code | DM-0284 |
| Property owners’ association in county with more than 2.8 million inhabitants is subject to Act, and may therefore not hold meeting by telephone conference call, except in the limited circumstances described in section 551.125 of the Government Code | GA-0908 |
| Risk Pool for El Paso County Health Benefits Program, Board of Trustees is subject to Open Meetings Act | JC-0411 |
| Standing committee of less than a quorum of members of parent body is subject to Act | JC-0203 |
| Student fee advisory committee established under section 54.5031 of the Education Code is not subject to requirements of Open Meetings Act | GA-0232 |
| Student Service Fee Advisory Committee of Sam Houston State University does not supervise or control public business and is not subject to the Act | LO93-064 |
| Subgroup of public body sitting on private board may constitute governmental body subject to the Act if group has been delegated authority regarding public business | LO97-017 |
| Sunset Advisory Commission, state agency testifying before, must itself post notice when quorum of members attend and one or more testifies or otherwise furnishes information | JC-0248 |
| Termination hearing of teacher, board of trustees of school district may not convene in executive session for the hearing when teacher specifically requests that hearing be open to public | DM-0251 |
| Title Insurance Guaranty Association created under Insurance Code | DM-0284 |
| To the extent a physician group formed pursuant to subsection 281.0565(b) of the Health and Safety Code is not delegated any governmental authority, it is likely not a "governmental body" for purposes of the Open Meetings Act and thus is not subject to its provisions. | KP-0029 |
| Hospital Districts |
| Closed meeting, attorney exception | GA-0472 |
| Closed meeting, economic development exception | GA-0472 |
| To the extent a physician group formed pursuant to subsection 281.0565(b) of the Health and Safety Code is not delegated any governmental authority, it is likely not a "governmental body" for purposes of the Open Meetings Act and thus is not subject to its provisions | KP-0029 |
