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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the requirement that a public video broadcast of an open |
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meeting of a state governmental body include communication access |
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realtime translation captioning. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 551, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 551.025 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 551.025. REALTIME CAPTIONING. A video broadcast, |
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including a video broadcast over the Internet, that is available to |
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the public of an open meeting of a governmental body described by |
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Section 551.001(3)(A) must include communication access realtime |
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translation captioning. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |