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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to meetings of the Family and Protective Services Council |
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broadcast over the Internet. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 40.026, Human Resources Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) For each open meeting of the council, the department |
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shall: |
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(1) broadcast over the Internet live video and audio |
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of the meeting and provide access to the broadcast on the |
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department's Internet website; or |
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(2) not later than the end of the second business day |
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after the day a meeting is held, make available through the |
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department's Internet website archived video and audio of the |
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meeting until the second anniversary of the date the archived video |
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and audio was first made available on the website. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a Family and Protective Services Council meeting held on or after |
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the effective date of this Act. A meeting held before the effective |
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date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date of the |
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meeting, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |