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ACT No. 697
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 403
BY REPRESENTATIVE PEARSON
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 17:3.1, relative to meetings of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary2
Education; to provide for live broadcasts over the Internet of meetings of the board3
and its committees; to provide for the recording and archiving of meetings of the4
board and committees; to provide for public access to such archived meetings; to5
provide relative to certain meetings of the Board of Elementary and Secondary6
Education; to provide a special effective date; and to provide for related matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 17:3.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 9
ยง3.1. Internet broadcast of board and committee meetings; archives10
A. The board shall broadcast over the Internet live audio and video streams11
of all its board and committee meetings held in Baton Rouge.12
B. All meetings broadcast in accordance with Subsection A of this Section13
shall be recorded, archived, and made accessible to the public for at least one year14
after the date of the meeting.15
C. The provisions of this Section shall apply to all meetings of the board and16
its committees, but shall not apply to executive sessions held in accordance with the17
Louisiana Open Meetings Law as provided in R.S. 42:4.1 et seq.18
D. The audio and video records created pursuant to this Section shall not be19
construed in a manner to be the official record, or any part of the official record, of20
the proceedings of a meeting of the board or any of its committees.21 ENROLLEDHB NO. 403
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E. If the board is precluded from fulfilling the requirements of this Section1
due to a technical problem beyond its control, or when the only meeting room2
available lacks the equipment necessary to facilitate Internet broadcast, the failure3
to broadcast or record the proceedings of a meeting of the board or any of its4
committees shall not be construed to be a violation of the provisions of this Section.5
F. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall have6
meetings relative to the Recovery School District, to be held in New Orleans at a site7
to be determined by the board, on a quarterly basis.8
Section 2. The provisions of this Act shall become effective January 1, 2011.9
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: