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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the online broadcast of open meetings of institutions |
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of higher education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 551.121(f), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(f) Each part of the telephone conference call meeting that |
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is required to be open to the public must [shall] be: |
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(1) audible to the public at the location specified in |
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the notice of the meeting as the location of the meeting; |
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(2) broadcast over the Internet in the manner |
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prescribed by Section 551.128; and |
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(3) [shall be] recorded and[. The recording shall be] |
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made available to the public in an online archive located on the |
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Internet website of the entity holding the meeting. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a meeting for which notice is posted under Section 551.043, |
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Government Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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Meetings for which notice is posted before the effective date of |
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this Act are governed by the law in effect at that time. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |