By: Solomons H.B. No. 1783
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the Internet broadcasting of Public Utility Commission
of Texas and ERCOT public hearings and meetings.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 12, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 12.204 to read as follows:
Sec. 12.204. INTERNET FOR HEARINGS AND MEETINGS. The
commission shall make publicly accessibly without charge live
internet video of all public hearings and meetings of the
commission for viewing from the Internet website found at
http://www.puc.state.tx.us.
SECTION 2. Section 39.1511, Utilities Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The commission shall ensure that an independent
organization certified under this section makes publicly
accessibly without charge live internet video of all public
hearings and meetings subject to this section for viewing from an
Internet website.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
hearing or meeting held on or after the effective date of this Act.
A hearing or meeting held before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law as it existed immediately before that date, and
that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.