Bill Text: TX HB31 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to certain requirements applicable to meetings of the governing board of a general academic teaching institution or a state university system.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB31 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB31-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 31 |
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relating to certain requirements applicable to meetings of the | ||
governing board of a general academic teaching institution or a | ||
state university system. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 551, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 551.1281 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 551.1281. GOVERNING BOARD OF GENERAL ACADEMIC TEACHING | ||
INSTITUTION OR UNIVERSITY SYSTEM: INTERNET POSTING OF MEETING | ||
MATERIALS AND BROADCAST OF OPEN MEETING. (a) In this section, | ||
"general academic teaching institution" and "university system" | ||
have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code. | ||
(b) The governing board of a general academic teaching | ||
institution or of a university system that includes one or more | ||
component general academic teaching institutions, 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 institution or university | ||
system, as applicable, any written agenda and related supplemental | ||
written materials provided to the governing board members in | ||
advance of the meeting by the institution or system 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 | ||
institution's or university system's Internet website. | ||
(c) Subsection (b)(1) does not apply to written materials | ||
that the general counsel or other appropriate attorney for the | ||
institution or university system certifies are confidential or may | ||
be withheld from public disclosure under Chapter 552. | ||
(d) The governing board of a general academic teaching | ||
institution or of a university system 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 general academic teaching | ||
institution or of a state university system 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. 31 was passed by the House on May 4, | ||
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 31 on May 24, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 | ||
present, not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 31 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |