Bill Text: TX SB1089 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to meetings of the board of directors of a regional mobility authority.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-16 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB1089 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1089-Introduced.html
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By: Hall | S.B. No. 1089 |
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relating to meetings of the board of directors of a regional | ||
mobility authority. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 370.257, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 370.257. PUBLIC ACCESS. (a) An authority shall: | ||
(1) make and implement policies that provide the | ||
public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the board to | ||
speak on any issue under the jurisdiction of the authority; and | ||
(2) prepare and maintain a written plan that describes | ||
how an individual who does not speak English or who has a physical, | ||
mental, or developmental disability may be provided reasonable | ||
access to the authority's programs. | ||
(b) For a meeting of the board an authority shall: | ||
(1) post as early as practicable in advance of the | ||
meeting on the authority's Internet website any written agenda and | ||
related supplemental written materials provided by the authority to | ||
the directors for the directors' use during the meeting; | ||
(2) broadcast the meeting over the Internet in the | ||
manner prescribed by Section 551.128, Government Code; and | ||
(3) record the broadcast and make that recording | ||
publicly available in an online archive located on the authority's | ||
Internet website not later than the 60th day after the date the | ||
meeting is held. | ||
(c) The requirements of this section and Chapter 551, | ||
Government Code, apply to a meeting of a subcommittee of the board, | ||
regardless of whether a quorum of the directors are present at the | ||
meeting. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a meeting of the board of directors of a regional mobility | ||
authority or a subcommittee of that board for which notice is given | ||
under Chapter 551, Government Code, on or after September 1, 2015. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |