85R1804 JTS-D
By: Hall S.B. No. 96
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to Internet access to meetings of the board of directors of
a regional mobility authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 551, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 551.1283 to read as follows:
Sec. 551.1283. GOVERNING BOARD OF REGIONAL MOBILITY
AUTHORITY: INTERNET POSTING OF MEETING MATERIALS AND BROADCAST OF
OPEN MEETING. (a) For a meeting of the board of a regional mobility
authority, the authority shall:
(1) post as early as practicable in advance of the
meeting on the authority's Internet website any written agenda and
related supplemental written materials provided by the authority to
the directors for the directors' use during the meeting;
(2) broadcast the meeting over the Internet in the
manner prescribed by Section 551.128; and
(3) record the broadcast and make that recording
publicly available in an online archive located on the authority's
Internet website not later than the 2nd day after the date the
meeting is held.
(b) The requirements of this section and this chapter apply
to a meeting of a subcommittee of a regional mobility authority
board, regardless of whether a quorum of the directors is present at
the meeting.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a meeting of the board of directors of a regional mobility
authority or a subcommittee of that board for which notice is given
under Chapter 551, Government Code, on or after September 1, 2017.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.