88R634 MCK-F     By: Schwertner S.B. No. 335       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to meetings of the Family and Protective Services Council   held using certain telecommunication devices.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 40.021, Human Resources Code, is amended   by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:          (g)  A council meeting held by use of a telephone conference   call, video conference call, or other similar telecommunication   device:                (1)  is subject to the notice requirements applicable   to other meetings;                (2)  must be open to the public and audible to the   public at the location specified in the notice of the meeting;                (3)  must provide two-way audio communication:                      (A)  between all board members attending the   meeting during the entire meeting; and                      (B)  if public testimony is provided at the   meeting, between all board members and a member of the public   testifying at the specified meeting location during the public   testimony portion of the meeting; and                (4)  if the two-way audio communication link described   by Subdivision (3) is disrupted at any time, may not continue until   the two-way audio communication link is reestablished.          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   a Family and Protective Services Council meeting held on or after   the effective date of this Act. A meeting held before the effective   date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date of the   meeting, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.