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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the Internet broadcast of open meetings of the Texas |
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Lottery Commission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 467, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 467.0301 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 467.0301. INTERNET BROADCAST AND ARCHIVE OF OPEN |
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MEETINGS. (a) The commission shall: |
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(1) broadcast over the Internet live video and audio |
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of each open meeting of the commission; |
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(2) make a video and audio recording of reasonable |
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quality of the broadcast; and |
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(3) provide access to the archived video and audio on |
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the commission's Internet website. |
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(b) Not later than the seventh day after the date an open |
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meeting is broadcast under this section, the commission shall make |
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available through the commission's Internet website archived video |
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and audio of the open meeting. The commission shall maintain the |
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archived video and audio of the open meeting on the commission's |
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Internet website for not less than two years after the date the |
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archived video and audio was first made available on the website. |
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(c) The commission shall provide on the commission's |
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Internet website the same notice of the open meeting that the |
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commission is required to post under Subchapter C, Chapter 551. The |
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notice must be posted on the commission's Internet website within |
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the time required for posting notice under Subchapter C, Chapter |
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551. |
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(d) The commission may use for an Internet broadcast of an |
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open meeting of the commission a room made available to the |
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commission on request in any state building, as that term is defined |
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by Section 2165.301. |
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(e) The commission is exempt from the requirements of this |
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section to the extent a catastrophe, as defined by Section |
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551.0411, or a technical breakdown prevents the commission from |
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complying with this section. Following the catastrophe or |
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technical breakdown, the commission shall make all reasonable |
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efforts to make the required video and audio of the open meeting |
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available in a timely manner. |
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(f) The commission shall consider contracting through |
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competitive bidding with a private individual or entity to |
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broadcast and archive an open meeting subject to this section to |
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minimize the cost of complying with this section. |
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SECTION 2. Section 467.0301, Government Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies only to an open meeting held on or after September |
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1, 2019. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |