Gov. Greg Abbott has announced that his March 2020 suspension of sections of the Texas Open Meetings Act amid the COVID-19 pandemic will be lifted as of Sept. 1, 2021.

Abbott suspended parts of the law requiring a quorum to be in one physical place for a virtual meeting and requiring a physical meeting place for the public to observe the meeting. The order required certain notice provisions to enable the public to watch and participate in the online or telephone meeting.

Here’s the brief announcement from the attorney general’s office about the governor’s June 30 decision:

https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/open-government/open-meetings-act-suspension-updates