85R22059 SRS-F     By: Faircloth H.B. No. 1784     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1784:     By:  Elkins C.S.H.B. No. 1784       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the period during which an action alleging a violation   of the open meetings law may be brought.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 551, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 551.1425 to read as follows:          Sec. 551.1425.  LIMITATIONS PERIOD.  A person must bring a   suit on an action to enforce Section 551.141 or an action under   Section 551.142 before the second anniversary of the date the   alleged violation occurred or the second anniversary of the date   the alleged violation should reasonably have been discovered.          SECTION 2.  Section 551.1425, Government Code, as added by   this Act, applies only to a violation that occurs on or after the   effective date of this Act. A violation that occurs before the   effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the   date the violation occurred, and the former law is continued in   effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.