Honorable Gary Elkins, Chair, House Committee on Government Transparency & Operation
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB1251 by Sanford (Relating to Internet broadcasts of open meetings held by the board of directors of certain development corporations.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Government Code to expand an existing requirement to broadcast certain meetings of certain governmental entities over the Internet, and to make archived video and audio for these meetings available on the Internet, to include open meetings held by the board of directors of development corporations as established under the Local Government Code and created by home-rule municipalities with a population of over 50,000.
Local Government Impact
The provisions of the bill would apply to a development corporation, which is not a governmental entity.