Some members of the court argue the committee meeting does not have to comply with these standards because it does not have the authority to make binding decisions.
Fort Bend County commissioners on Tuesday passed a resolution affirming that the county’s redistricting committee is exempt from the Texas Open Meetings Act and the Texas Public Information Act.
According to the resolution’s interpretation of the law, the redistricting committee is not required to make its meetings open to the public, and is not subject to records requests because its members do not have the authority to make binding decisions on behalf of the county.
The resolution passed 3-2 along party lines, with Republicans voting in favor…