85R1427 TSR-D     By: Huffines S.B. No. 121       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the Internet broadcast of open meetings of the Texas   Board of Nursing.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 301, Occupations Code, is   amended by adding Section 301.0581 to read as follows:          Sec. 301.0581.  INTERNET BROADCAST AND ARCHIVE OF OPEN   MEETINGS. (a)  The board shall broadcast over the Internet live   video and audio of each open meeting of the board. The board shall   provide access to the broadcast on the board's Internet website.          (b)  Not later than the seventh day after the date an open   meeting is broadcast under this section, the board shall make   available through the board's Internet website archived video and   audio of the open meeting.  The board shall maintain the archived   video and audio of the open meeting on the board's Internet website   until the second anniversary of the date the archived video and   audio was first made available on the website.          (c)  The board shall provide on the board's Internet website   the same notice of the open meeting that the board is required to   post under Subchapter C, Chapter 551, Government Code. The notice   must be posted on the board's Internet website within the time   required for posting notice under Subchapter C, Chapter 551,   Government Code.          (d)  The board may use for an Internet broadcast of an open   meeting of the board a room made available to the board on request   in any state building, as that term is defined by Section 2165.301,   Government Code.          (e)  The board 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   board from complying with this section. Following the catastrophe   or technical breakdown, the board shall make all reasonable efforts   to make the required video and audio of the open meeting available   in a timely manner.          (f)  The board 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 301.0581, Occupations 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.