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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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Board of Professional Land Surveying. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 1071, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 1071.060 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1071.060. INTERNET BROADCAST AND ARCHIVE OF OPEN |
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MEETINGS. (a) The board shall broadcast over the Internet live |
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video and audio of each open meeting of the board. The board shall |
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provide access to the broadcast on the board'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 board shall make |
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available through the board's Internet website archived video and |
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audio of the open meeting. The board shall maintain the archived |
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video and audio of the open meeting on the board's Internet website |
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until the second anniversary of the date the archived video and |
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audio was first made available on the website. |
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(c) The board shall provide on the board's Internet website |
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the same notice of the open meeting that the board is required to |
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post under Subchapter C, Chapter 551, Government Code. The notice |
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must be posted on the board's Internet website within the time |
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required for posting notice under Subchapter C, Chapter 551, |
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Government Code. |
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(d) The board 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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board from complying with this section. Following the catastrophe |
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or technical breakdown, the board shall make all reasonable efforts |
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to make the required video and audio of the open meeting available |
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in a timely manner. |
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(e) The board 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 1071.060, 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. |