Board adopts multiple bylaw and policy updates, including AI reporting, HUB language and procurement clarifications
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Summary
Directors accepted revisions to BRA’s bylaws and operations policy manual to reflect new statutory posting rules, severance pay language, historically underutilized business updates, procurement prohibitions related to certain foreign entities, and newly required cybersecurity and AI reporting language.
The Brazos River Authority board approved a set of revisions to its bylaws and operation policy manual that align internal rules with recent legislative and administrative changes.
Riley Woods, senior staff counsel, walked directors through substantive updates: changes to meeting‑posting timing (from 72 hours to three business days); a severance‑pay provision per a new legislative requirement; updated historically underutilized business (HUB) language reflecting TCEQ changes; new procurement prohibitions addressing contracting with certain foreign entities; indemnity adjustments to include land surveying in professional‑services language; and provisions addressing cybersecurity incident reporting and staff training on artificial intelligence if BRA chooses to deploy such tools.
Directors asked clarifying questions about how the HUB language affects BRA operations and about applying procurement limits; staff said most day‑to‑day purchasing remains under existing Water Code procedures and that the changes primarily update internal practice to match statute and administrative rules.
The board read the resolution accepting the revisions effective Nov. 17, 2025, and adopted it by roll call.