85R2609 MCK-D
By: Huffines S.B. No. 171
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the Internet broadcast of open meetings of the Texas
Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 5, Alcoholic Beverage
Code, is amended by adding Section 5.071 to read as follows:
Sec. 5.071. INTERNET BROADCAST AND ARCHIVE OF OPEN
MEETINGS. (a) The commission shall:
(1) broadcast over the Internet live video and audio
of each meeting of the commission that is an open meeting subject to
Chapter 551, Government Code;
(2) make a video and audio recording of reasonable
quality of the broadcast; and
(3) provide access to the archived video and audio of
the meeting on the commission's Internet website.
(b) Not later than the seventh day after the date an open
meeting of the commission is broadcast under this section, the
commission shall make available through the commission's Internet
website archived video and audio of the meeting. The commission
shall maintain the archived video and audio of the meeting on the
commission's Internet website for not less than two years after the
date the archived video and audio was first made available on the
website.
(c) The commission shall provide on the commission's
Internet website the same notice of an open meeting of the
commission that the commission is required to post under Subchapter
C, Chapter 551, Government Code. The notice must be posted on the
commission's Internet website within the time required for posting
notice under that subchapter.
(d) The commission may use for an Internet broadcast of an
open meeting of the commission under this section a room made
available to the commission on request in any state building, as
that term is defined by Section 2165.301, Government Code.
(e) The commission 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
commission from complying with this section. Following the
catastrophe or technical breakdown, the commission shall make all
reasonable efforts to make the required video and audio of the open
meeting available in a timely manner.
(f) The commission 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 5.071, Alcoholic Beverage 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.