Bill Text: TX HB2668 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to requirements applicable to meetings of the governing board of certain junior college districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2668 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2668-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2668 | ||
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| relating to requirements applicable to meetings of the governing | ||
| board of certain junior college districts. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 551, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 551.1282 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 551.1282. GOVERNING BOARD OF JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT: | ||
| INTERNET POSTING OF MEETING MATERIALS AND BROADCAST OF OPEN | ||
| MEETING. (a) This section applies only to the governing board of a | ||
| junior college district with a total student enrollment of more | ||
| than 20,000 in any semester of the preceding academic year. | ||
| (b) A governing board to which this section applies, for any | ||
| regularly scheduled meeting of the governing board for which notice | ||
| is required under this chapter, shall: | ||
| (1) post as early as practicable in advance of the | ||
| meeting on the Internet website of the district any written agenda | ||
| and related supplemental written materials provided by the district | ||
| to the board members for the members' use during the meeting; | ||
| (2) broadcast the meeting, other than any portions of | ||
| the meeting closed to the public as authorized by law, over the | ||
| Internet in the manner prescribed by Section 551.128; and | ||
| (3) record the broadcast and make that recording | ||
| publicly available in an online archive located on the district's | ||
| Internet website. | ||
| (c) Subsection (b)(1) does not apply to written materials | ||
| that the general counsel or other appropriate attorney for the | ||
| district certifies are confidential or may be withheld from public | ||
| disclosure under Chapter 552. | ||
| (d) The governing board of a junior college district is not | ||
| required to comply with the requirements of this section if that | ||
| compliance is not possible because of an act of God, force majeure, | ||
| or a similar cause not reasonably within the governing board's | ||
| control. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a meeting of the governing board of a junior college district for | ||
| which notice is given under Chapter 551, Government Code, on or | ||
| after January 1, 2014. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2668 was passed by the House on May 7, | ||
| 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 126, Nays 19, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2668 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
