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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to Internet broadcasts of open meetings held by the board |
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of directors of certain development corporations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 551.128(b-1), Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b-1) A transit authority or department subject to Chapter |
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451, 452, 453, or 460, Transportation Code, an elected school |
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district board of trustees for a school district that has a student |
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enrollment of 10,000 or more, an elected governing body of a |
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home-rule municipality that has a population of 50,000 or more, the |
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board of directors of a corporation organized under Subtitle C1, |
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Title 12, Local Government Code, that was authorized to be created |
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by a home-rule municipality with a population of 50,000 or more, or |
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a county commissioners court for a county that has a population of |
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125,000 or more shall: |
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(1) make a video and audio recording of reasonable |
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quality of each regularly scheduled open meeting that is not a work |
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session or a special called meeting; and |
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(2) make available an archived copy of the video and |
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audio recording of each meeting described by Subdivision (1) on the |
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Internet. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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an open meeting held on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |