SUBCHAPTER E. PROCEDURES RELATING TO CLOSED MEETING

Sec. 551.101.  REQUIREMENT TO FIRST CONVENE IN OPEN MEETING.  If a closed meeting is allowed under this chapter, a governmental body may not conduct the closed meeting unless a quorum of the governmental body first convenes in an open meeting for which notice has been given as provided by this chapter and during which the presiding officer publicly:
(1)  announces that a closed meeting will be held;  and
(2)  identifies the section or sections of this chapter under which the closed meeting is held.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.