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My Personal Index
to the Texas Open Meetings Act
by Donald Ray Burger
Attorney at Law
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actions voidable: 551.141
admission of certified agenda of closed meeting into evidence: 551.104
admission of tape recording of closed meeting into evidence: 551.104
advisory body, members: 551.0745
affirmative defenses, improperly closing meeting: 551.144
affirmative defenses, participating in improperly closed meeting: 551/144
agency financed by federal government: 551.077
agenda, notice of emergency additions: 551.047
AG opinion, reasonable reliance in connection with closed meetings: 551.144
appointment of personnel or public officer, closed meetings: 551.074
attorney-client privilege, closed meetings: 551.071
attorney fees: 551.142
attorney for body, reasonable reliance in connection with closed meetings: 551.144
attorney general opinions, reasonable reliance in connection with closed meetings: 551.144
attorney general opinions, who may request: 402.042 and 402.043 of Government Code
attorney work product, closed meetings: 551.071
attorneys, closed meetings with: 551.071
attorneys, consultations with: 551.129
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Banking Board: 551.0812
basis in law: 551.142
Board of Pardons and Paroles: 551.080; 551.124
Board of Trustees, Texas Growth Fund: 551.075
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certified agendas, admission into evidence: 551.104
certified agendas, disclosure of: 551.146
certified agendas, in camera inspections: 551.104
certified agendas, preservation requirements: 551.104
certified agendas, requirements of: 551.103
city charters: 551.004
city government, place of posting notice: 551.050
closed hearing, complaint or charge against employee of school district: 551.082
closed hearing, discipline of public school child: 551.082
closed hearing: employee of school district: 551.082
closed hearing, school board: 551.082
closed hearing, school board consultation with representative of employee group: 551.083
closed hearing, standards, guidelines, terms or conditions of school board: 551.083
closed meeting, agency financed by federal government: 551.077
closed meeting, applicant for disability: 551.078
closed meeting, appointment of personnel or public officer: 551.074
closed meeting, attorney: 551.071
closed meeting, Banking Board: 551.0812
closed meeting, Board of Pardons and Paroles: 551.080
closed meeting, Board of Trustees of Texas Growth Fund 551.075
closed meeting, business prospect: 551.086
closed meeting, contemplated litigation: 551.071
closed meeting, court order re certified agenda: 551.104
closed meeting, court order re tape recording: 551.104
closed meeting, Credit Union Commission: 551.081
closed meeting, definition: 551:001(1)
closed meeting, discipline of personnel or public officer: 551.074
closed meeting, dismissal of personnel or public officer: 551.074
closed meeting, duties of personnel or public officer: 551.074
closed meeting, employees: former 551.075
closed meeting, employment of personnel or public officer: 551.074
closed meeting, employment of independent contractors: MW-129 (1980):
closed meeting, equitable relief: 551.104
closed meeting, exception to requirement to keep certified agenda or tape recording: 551.103
closed meeting, evaluation of personnel or public officer: 551.074
closed meeting, Finance Commission of Texas: 551.0811
closed meeting, first convene in open meeting: 551.101
closed meeting, gifts: 551.073
closed meeting, legal relief: 551.104
closed meeting, litigation: 551.071
closed meeting, medical board: 551.078
closed meeting, medical committee: 551.078
closed meeting, medical records: 551.078
closed meeting, municipal hospital: 551.085
closed meeting, municipal hospital authority: 551.085
closed meeting, municipal hospital district: 551.085
closed meeting, nonprofit health maintenance organization: 551.085
closed meeting, notice required: 551.101
closed meeting, open meeting first: 551.101
closed meeting, penalties for: 551.144
closed meeting, pending litigation: 551.071
closed meeting, personnel matters: 551.074
closed meeting, procedures: 551.101; 551.102; 551.103; 551.104
closed meeting, phychiatric records: 551.078
closed meeting, quorum: 551.101
closed meeting, real property: 551.072
closed meeting, reassignment of personnel or public officer
closed meeting, requirement of certified agenda: 551.103
closed meeting, requirement of tape recording: 551.103
closed meeting, requirement to first convene in open meeting: 551.101
closed meeting, requirement to vote or take final action in open meeting: 551.102
closed meeting, security devices: 551.076
closed meeting, security personnel: 551.076
closed meeting, settlement offers: 551.071
closed meeting, specification of section(s) under which closed meeting held: 551.101
closed meeting, State Banking Board: 551.0812
closed meeting, State Board of Insurance: 551.079
closed meeting, test item deliberations: 551.086
closed meeting, Texas Growth Fund: 551.075
Commissioners Court of county: 551.0745
conference with employees: former 551.075
conspiracy to circumvent TOMA: 551.143
contemplated litigation, closed meetings: 551.071
consultations with attorneys: 551.129
cost of ligigation: 551.142
county advisory body, members: 51.0745
county advisors body, personnel matters affecting: 551.0745
county clerk, notice to for water districts: 551.053
county government, place of posting notice: 551.049
court decision, reasonable reliance in connection with closed meetings: 551.144
court discretion, damages: 551.142
court order, certified agenda of closed meeting: 551.104
court order, reasonable reliance in connection with closed meetings: 551.144
court order, tape recording of closed meeting: 551.104
Credit Union Commission: 551.081
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damages, attorney fees: 551.142
damages, cost of litigation: 551.142
damages, court discretion: 551.142
damages, reasonable attorney fees: 551.142
defenses, basis in law: 551.142
defenses, good faith: 551.142
defenses, improperly closing meeting: 551.144
defenses, participating in improperly closed meeting: 551.144
defenses, reasonable basis in law: 551.142
definitions, generally: 551.001
definition, closed meeting: 551.001(1)
definition, competitive matter, public power utility: 551.086
definition, deliberation: 551.001(2)
definition, emergency meetings: 551.045
definition, governmental body: 551.001(3)
definition, internet: 551.127
definition, meeting: 551.001(4)
definition, open: 551.001(5)
definition, public power utility: 551.086
definition, public power utility body: 551.086
definition, quorum: 551.001(6)
deliberation, definition: 551.001(2)
Department of Information Resources: 551.127
discipline of personnel or public officer, closed meetings: 551.074
discipline of a public school child: 551.082
disclosure of certified agenda or tape recording: 551.146
dismissal of personnel or public officer, closed meetings: 551.074
district or political subdivision extending into fewer than four counties: 551.054
district or political subdivision extending into four or more counties: 551.053
duties of personnel or public officer, closed meetings: 551.074
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economic development negotiations: 551.086
Education Code, section 13.901: 551.083
emergency additions to agenda, special notice: 551.047
emergency meetings, definition: 551.045
emergency meetings, notice to news media: 551.047
employee of school district: 551.082
employment of personnel or public officer, closed meetings: 551.074
equitable relief and closed meetings: 551.104
evaluation of personnel or public officer, closed meetings: 551.074
exclusion of witnesses from hearing: 551.084
exclusion of witnesses during investigations: 551.084
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federal government, agency financed by: 551.077
final action following closed meeting: 551.102
Finance Commission of Texas: 551.0811
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gifts, closed meetings: 551.073
good faith: 551.142
governing board, institution of higher learning and telephone conference calls: 551.121
governing board of municipal hospital: 551.085
governing board of municipal hospital authority: 551.085
governing board of municipal hospital district: 551.085
governing board of nonprofit health maintenance organization: 551.085
governmental body, definition: 551.001(3)
governmental body, telephone conference calls: 551.125
governmental body, videoconference calls: 551.127
guardian of public school child: 551.082
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higher education: 551.044
Higher Education Coordinating Board: 551.126
higher education, notice as to: 551.055
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identification of speakers, telephone conference calls: 551.125
in camera inspections of certified agenda of closed meeting: 551.104
in camera inspections of tape recording of closed meeting: 551.104
independent contractors, employment of: MW-129 (1980):
injunctions: 551.142
institution of higher learning, telephone conference calls: 551.121
interested persons: statute of limitations: Rivera v. City of Laredo, 948 S.W.2d 787 (Tex. App.--San Antonio 1997, denied).
internet broadcasts of open meetings: 551.128
internet, notice of meetings broadcast on: 551.128
internet notice by Secretary of State: 551.044
investigation, exclusion of witnesses: 551.084
invoking the rule: 551.084
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knowingly: 551.144
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legal relief and closed meetings: 551.104
legislative committee meetings, notice of: 551.046
limitations: Rivera v. City of Laredo, 948 S.W.2d 787 (Tex. App.--San Antonio 1997, denied).
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mandamus: 551.142
medical board, closed meeting re disability benefits: 551.078
medical committee, closed meeting re disability benefits: 551.078
medical records, closed meeting: 551.078
meeting, definition: 551.001(4)
members of advisory body: 551.0745
members of county advisory body: 551.0745
minutes of open meetings are public records: 551.022
misdemeanor: 551.143
municipal government, place of posting of notice: 551.050
municipal hospital district governing board: 551.085
municipal hospital governing board: 551.085
municipal hospital authority governing board: 551.085
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news media, interested persons: 551.142
news media, notice of emergency meetings: 551.047
news media, special notice to: 551.047
news media, special notice re school district: 551.052
nonprofit health maintenance organization: 551.085
notice of meetings, requirements: 551.041
notice requirements, closed meeting: 551.101
notice requirements, higher education: 551.055
notice requirements, internet broadcasts: 551.128
notice requirements, legislative committee meetings: 551.046
notice requirements, statewide bodies: 551.044
notice requirements, telephone conference call: 551.121; 551.125
notice to Secretary of State, place of posting: 551.048
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offense, conspiracy to circumvent TOMA: 551.143
open, definition: 551.001(5)
open hearing, employee of school district: 551.082
open hearing, parent of public school child: 551.082
open meeting at request of personnel or public officer: 551.074
open meeting requirement: 551.004
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Pardons and Paroles, Board of: 551.080; 551.124
parent of public school child: 551.082
penalties for closed meetings: 551.144
penalties for conspiracy to circumvent TOMA: 551.143
penalties for violation: 551.141
penalty, confinement in jail 551.143
penalty, fine: 551.143
penalty, fine and confinement: 551.143
penalty, closed meeting: 551.143
penalty, improperly closing meeting: 551.144
penalty, misdemeanor: 551.143
penalty, participating in improper closed meeting: 551.144
pending litigation, closed meetings: 551.071
personnel matters affecting county advisors body: 551.0745
personnel matters, closed meetings: 551.074
place of posting, city government: 551.050
place of posting, county government: 551.049
place of posting, municipal government: 551.050
place of posting, school district: 551.051
place of posting, Secretary of State: 551.048
place of posting, water district: 551.053
political subdivision extending into fewer than four counties: 551.054
political subdivision extending into four or more counties: 551.053
preservation requirements for certified agendas: 551.104
preservation requirements for tape recordings: 551.104
presiding officer, announcement of closed meeting: 551.101
presiding officer, specification of section(s) under which closed meeting held: 551.101
procedures relating to closed meeting: 551.101; 551.102; 551.103; 551.104
Property Owners Associations: 551.0015
prospective gifts, closed meetings: 551.073
psychiatric records, closed meeting: 551.078
public comment sessions: AG Opinion JC-0169
public inquiry about items not on agenda: 551.042
public meeting at request of personnel or public officer: 551.074
public power utility: 551.086
public power utility body: 551.086
public retirement system: 551.078
public school children: 551.082
public, recordings of telephone conference calls available to: 551.125
public, telephone conference calls open to: 551.125
Public Utility Commission of Texas: 551.086
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quorum, conspiracy of less than: 551/143
quorum, definition: 551.001(6)
quorum, prior to closed meeting: 551.101
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real property, closed meetings regarding: 551.072
reasonable attorney fees: 551.142
reasonable basis in law: 551.142
reasonable reliance, AG opinions in connection with closed meetings: 551.144
reasonable reliance, attorney for body in connection with closed meeting: 551.144
reasonable reliance, court decisions in connection with closed meetings: 551.144
reasonable reliance, court orders in connection with closed meetings: 551.144
reassignment of personnel or public officer, closed meetings: 551.074
recesses: statute of limitations: Rivera v. City of Laredo, 948 S.W.2d 787 (Tex. App.--San Antonio 1997, denied).
remedies, conspiracy to circumvent TOMA: 551.143
remedies, injunctions: 551.142
remedies, mandamus: 551.142
representative of employee group of school board: 551.083
retirement system, closed meeting: 551.078
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school board: 551.082
school children: 551.082
school district employees: 551.082
school district, place of posting of notice: 551.051
school district, special notice to news media: 551.052
secret deliberations: 551.143
Secretary of State, notice of water district meetings: 551.053
Secretary of State, notice to: 551.048
Secretary of State, place of notice: 551.048
settlement offers, closed meetings: 551.071
speakers during telephone conference calls, identification: 551.125
special notice of emergency additions to agenda: 551.047
State Banking Board: 551.0812
State Board of Insurance, closed meeting: 551.079
statute of limitations: Rivera v. City of Laredo, 948 S.W.2d 787 (Tex. App.--San Antonio 1997, denied).
student newspapers, notice in: 551.055
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tape recordings, admission into evidence: 551.104
tape recordings, disclosure of: 551.146
tape recordings, in camera inspections: 551.104
tape recordings, by person in attendance: 551.023
tape recordings, of open meetings are public records: 551.022
tape recordings, preservation requirements: 551.104
tape recordings, telephone conference calls: 551.121
tape recordings required: 551.021
tape recordings required of closed meetings: 551.103
tape recordings by person in attendance: 551.023
telephone conference calls: 551.121
telephone conference calls, Board of Pardons and Paroles: 551.124
telephone conference calls, institution of higher learning: 551.121
telephone conference calls, other governmental body: 551.125
telephone conference calls, other governmental body, identification of speakers: 551.125
telephone conference calls, other governmental body, notice requirements: 551.125
telephone conference calls, other governmental body, open to public: 551.125
telephone conference calls, procedures for other governmental body: 551.125
telephone conference calls, recording available to public: 551.125
telephone conference calls, Texas Board of Criminal Justice: 551.123
telephone conference calls, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board: 551.126
telephone conference calls, tape recording: 551.121
test items, deliberation regarding: 551.086
tests for licenses or certifications, deliberations over: 551.086
Texas Board of Criminal Justice: 551.123
Texas Growth Fund, closed conferences: 551.075
Texas High Speed Rail Authority: 551.122 (repealed)
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, telephone conference calls: 551.126
Texas Workers Compensation Commission: 551.044
threatened violations of TOMA: 551.142
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video camera recordings by person in attendance: 551.023
videoconference calls, requirement that it be visible and audible to public: 551.127
videoconference calls: Department of Information Resourcesd: 551.127
video conference calls, generally : 551.126; 551.127
videoconference calls, notice: 551.127
videoconference calls, open to public: 551.127
videoconference calls, public participation by video: 551.127
videoconference calls, requirements as to quality of audio and video signals: 551.127
videoconference calls, requirement for recording: 551.127
videoconference calls, requirement that they be visible and audible to public: 551.127
voidable actions: 551.141
voting, required in open meeting: 551.102
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water districts, notice to county clerk: 551.053
water district, notice to Secretary of State: 551.053
water district, posting of notices: 551.053; 551.054
witnesses, exclusion of from hearing: 551.084
work product, closed meetings: 551.071
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