89R282 MCK-D
By: Hancock S.B. No. 1339
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a requirement that certain water districts make audio
and video recordings of open meetings available on the Internet.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 551.128(b-1), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b-1) A transit authority or department subject to Chapter
451, 452, 453, or 460, Transportation Code, a district subject to
Chapter 36, 49, or 60, Water Code, an elected school district board
of trustees for a school district that has a student enrollment of
10,000 or more, an elected governing body of a home-rule
municipality that has a population of 50,000 or more, or a county
commissioners court for a county that has a population of 125,000 or
more shall:
(1) make a video and audio recording of reasonable
quality of each:
(A) regularly scheduled open meeting that is not
a work session or a special called meeting; and
(B) open meeting that is a work session or
special called meeting if:
(i) the governmental body is an elected
school district board of trustees for a school district that has a
student enrollment of 10,000 or more; and
(ii) at the work session or special called
meeting, the board of trustees votes on any matter or allows public
comment or testimony; and
(2) make available an archived copy of the video and
audio recording of each meeting described by Subdivision (1) on the
Internet.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an open meeting held on or after the effective date of this Act. An
open meeting that is held before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date of the open meeting, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.