| 1 | 1 | | 89R282 MCK-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hancock S.B. No. 1339 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to a requirement that certain water districts make audio |
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| 10 | 10 | | and video recordings of open meetings available on the Internet. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 551.128(b-1), Government Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (b-1) A transit authority or department subject to Chapter |
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| 15 | 15 | | 451, 452, 453, or 460, Transportation Code, a district subject to |
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| 16 | 16 | | Chapter 36, 49, or 60, Water Code, an elected school district board |
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| 17 | 17 | | of trustees for a school district that has a student enrollment of |
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| 18 | 18 | | 10,000 or more, an elected governing body of a home-rule |
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| 19 | 19 | | municipality that has a population of 50,000 or more, or a county |
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| 20 | 20 | | commissioners court for a county that has a population of 125,000 or |
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| 21 | 21 | | more shall: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) make a video and audio recording of reasonable |
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| 23 | 23 | | quality of each: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (A) regularly scheduled open meeting that is not |
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| 25 | 25 | | a work session or a special called meeting; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (B) open meeting that is a work session or |
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| 27 | 27 | | special called meeting if: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (i) the governmental body is an elected |
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| 29 | 29 | | school district board of trustees for a school district that has a |
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| 30 | 30 | | student enrollment of 10,000 or more; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | (ii) at the work session or special called |
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| 32 | 32 | | meeting, the board of trustees votes on any matter or allows public |
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| 33 | 33 | | comment or testimony; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) make available an archived copy of the video and |
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| 35 | 35 | | audio recording of each meeting described by Subdivision (1) on the |
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| 36 | 36 | | Internet. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 38 | 38 | | an open meeting held on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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| 39 | 39 | | open meeting that is held before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 40 | 40 | | governed by the law in effect on the date of the open meeting, and |
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| 41 | 41 | | the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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