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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to persons allowed to record meetings of house and senate |
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committees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 306, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 306.008 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 306.008. RECORDING OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS. (a) Except |
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as otherwise provided by this section, any person in attendance at |
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an open meeting of a house or senate committee, including a public |
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hearing, may make an audio or visual recording of the meeting. |
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(b) A person may record a committee meeting held on the |
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floor of the house or senate chamber from a location accessible to |
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the person. |
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(c) A person may not record a committee meeting in a manner |
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that disrupts the meeting or unreasonably obstructs the view of |
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other persons attending the meeting. The presiding officer of a |
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meeting may enforce this subsection but may not prohibit a person |
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from recording an open meeting in a nondisruptive manner. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |