Bill Text: TX SB1650 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to Internet broadcasts of open meetings held by governmental bodies, including regional tollway authorities, regional mobility authorities, and metropolitan planning organizations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-17 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB1650 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1650-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to Internet broadcasts of open meetings held by governmental bodies, including regional tollway authorities, regional mobility authorities, and metropolitan planning organizations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-17 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB1650 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1650-Comm_Sub.html
By: Campbell | S.B. No. 1650 | |
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relating to Internet broadcasts of open meetings held by | ||
governmental bodies, including regional tollway authorities, | ||
regional mobility authorities, and metropolitan planning | ||
organizations. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 551.128, Government | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) A governmental body that broadcasts a meeting over the | ||
Internet shall establish an Internet site and provide access to the | ||
broadcast, without charge, from that site. The governmental body | ||
shall provide on the Internet site the same notice of the meeting | ||
that the governmental body is required to post under Subchapter C. | ||
The notice on the Internet must be posted within the time required | ||
for posting notice under Subchapter C. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 366, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 366.263 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 366.263. INTERNET BROADCAST OF OPEN MEETINGS. In a | ||
manner that complies with Section 551.128(c), Government Code, an | ||
authority shall broadcast over the Internet live video and audio of | ||
each open meeting held by the authority. Subsequently, the | ||
authority shall make available through the authority's Internet | ||
website archived video and audio for each meeting for which live | ||
video and audio was provided under this section. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter F, Chapter 370, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 370.263 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 370.263. INTERNET BROADCAST OF OPEN MEETINGS. In a | ||
manner that complies with Section 551.128(c), Government Code, an | ||
authority shall broadcast over the Internet live video and audio of | ||
each open meeting held by the authority. Subsequently, the | ||
authority shall make available through the authority's Internet | ||
website archived video and audio for each meeting for which live | ||
video and audio was provided under this section. This section does | ||
not apply to an authority composed of three or more counties. | ||
SECTION 4. Subchapter D, Chapter 472, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 472.036 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 472.036. INTERNET BROADCAST OF OPEN MEETINGS. In a | ||
manner that complies with Section 551.128(c), Government Code, a | ||
metropolitan planning organization shall broadcast over the | ||
Internet live video and audio of each open meeting held by the | ||
organization. Subsequently, the organization shall make available | ||
through the organization's Internet website archived video and | ||
audio for each meeting for which live video and audio was provided | ||
under this section. | ||
SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
an open meeting held on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |