85R922 SRS-D
 
  By: Huffines S.B. No. 127
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the Internet broadcast of open meetings of the Texas
  Board of Professional Land Surveying.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 1071, Occupations Code, is
  amended by adding Section 1071.060 to read as follows:
         Sec. 1071.060.  INTERNET BROADCAST AND ARCHIVE OF OPEN
  MEETINGS. (a) The board shall broadcast over the Internet live
  video and audio of each open meeting of the board. The board shall
  provide access to the broadcast on the board's Internet website.
         (b)  Not later than the seventh day after the date an open
  meeting is broadcast under this section, the board shall make
  available through the board's Internet website archived video and
  audio of the open meeting.  The board shall maintain the archived
  video and audio of the open meeting on the board's Internet website
  until the second anniversary of the date the archived video and
  audio was first made available on the website.
         (c)  The board shall provide on the board's Internet website
  the same notice of the open meeting that the board is required to
  post under Subchapter C, Chapter 551, Government Code. The notice
  must be posted on the board's Internet website within the time
  required for posting notice under Subchapter C, Chapter 551,
  Government Code.
         (d)  The board is exempt from the requirements of this
  section to the extent a catastrophe, as defined by Section
  551.0411, Government Code, or a technical breakdown prevents the
  board from complying with this section. Following the catastrophe
  or technical breakdown, the board shall make all reasonable efforts
  to make the required video and audio of the open meeting available
  in a timely manner.
         (e)  The board 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 1071.060, Occupations 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.