H.B. No. 2668
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  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