Sec. 551.143. CONSPIRACY TO CIRCUMVENT CHAPTER; OFFENSE; PENALTY    


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  • (a) A member or group of members of a governmental body commits an offense if the member or group of members knowingly conspires to circumvent this chapter by meeting in numbers less than a quorum for the purpose of secret deliberations in violation of this chapter.

    (b) An offense under Subsection (a) is a misdemeanor punishable by:

    (1) a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500;

    (2) confinement in the county jail for not less than one month or more than six months; or

    (3) both the fine and confinement.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.