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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to Internet access to meetings of the board of directors of |
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a regional mobility authority. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 551, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 551.1283 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 551.1283. GOVERNING BOARD OF REGIONAL MOBILITY |
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AUTHORITY: INTERNET POSTING OF MEETING MATERIALS AND BROADCAST OF |
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OPEN MEETING. (a) For a meeting of the board of a regional mobility |
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authority, the authority shall: |
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(1) post as early as practicable in advance of the |
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meeting on the authority's Internet website any written agenda and |
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related supplemental written materials provided by the authority to |
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the directors for the directors' use during the meeting; |
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(2) broadcast the meeting over the Internet in the |
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manner prescribed by Section 551.128; and |
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(3) record the broadcast and make that recording |
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publicly available in an online archive located on the authority's |
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Internet website not later than the 2nd day after the date the |
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meeting is held. |
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(b) The requirements of this section and this chapter apply |
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to a meeting of a subcommittee of a regional mobility authority |
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board, regardless of whether a quorum of the directors is present at |
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the meeting. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a meeting of the board of directors of a regional mobility |
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authority or a subcommittee of that board for which notice is given |
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under Chapter 551, Government Code, on or after September 1, 2017. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |