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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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Funeral Service 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 651, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 651.0591 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 651.0591. INTERNET BROADCAST AND ARCHIVE OF OPEN |
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MEETINGS. (a) The commission shall broadcast over the Internet |
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live video and audio of each open meeting of the commission. The |
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commission shall provide access to the broadcast on the |
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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 until the second anniversary of 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, |
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Government Code. The notice must be posted on the commission's |
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Internet website within the time required for posting notice under |
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Subchapter C, Chapter 551, Government Code. |
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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, Government Code. |
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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, Government Code, or a technical breakdown prevents the |
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commission from complying with this section. Following the |
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catastrophe or technical breakdown, the commission shall make all |
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reasonable efforts to make the required video and audio of the open |
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meeting 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 651.0591, Occupations 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. |