85R929 GCB-D
 
  By: Huffines S.B. No. 119
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the Internet broadcast of open meetings of the Texas
  Lottery Commission.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 467, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 467.0301 to read as follows:
         Sec. 467.0301.  INTERNET BROADCAST AND ARCHIVE OF OPEN
  MEETINGS. (a)  The commission shall:
               (1)  broadcast over the Internet live video and audio
  of each open meeting of the commission;
               (2)  make a video and audio recording of reasonable
  quality of the broadcast; and
               (3)  provide access to the archived video and audio on
  the commission's Internet website.
         (b)  Not later than the seventh day after the date an open
  meeting is broadcast under this section, the commission shall make
  available through the commission's Internet website archived video
  and audio of the open meeting.  The commission shall maintain the
  archived video and audio of the open meeting on the commission's
  Internet website for not less than two years after the date the
  archived video and audio was first made available on the website.
         (c)  The commission shall provide on the commission's
  Internet website the same notice of the open meeting that the
  commission is required to post under Subchapter C, Chapter 551. The
  notice must be posted on the commission's Internet website within
  the time required for posting notice under Subchapter C, Chapter
  551.
         (d)  The commission may use for an Internet broadcast of an
  open meeting of the commission a room made available to the
  commission on request in any state building, as that term is defined
  by Section 2165.301.
         (e)  The commission is exempt from the requirements of this
  section to the extent a catastrophe, as defined by Section
  551.0411, or a technical breakdown prevents the commission from
  complying with this section. Following the catastrophe or
  technical breakdown, the commission shall make all reasonable
  efforts to make the required video and audio of the open meeting
  available in a timely manner.
         (f)  The commission shall consider contracting through
  competitive bidding with a private individual or entity to
  broadcast and archive an open meeting subject to this section to
  minimize the cost of complying with this section.
         SECTION 2.  Section 467.0301, Government Code, as added by
  this Act, applies only to an open meeting held on or after September
  1, 2019.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.