85R1429 TSR-D     By: Huffines S.B. No. 125       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the Internet broadcast of open meetings of the Texas   Funeral Service Commission.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 651, Occupations Code, is   amended by adding Section 651.0591 to read as follows:          Sec. 651.0591.  INTERNET BROADCAST AND ARCHIVE OF OPEN   MEETINGS. (a)  The commission shall broadcast over the Internet   live video and audio of each open meeting of the commission. The   commission shall provide access to the broadcast on the   commission's Internet website.          (b)  Not later than the seventh day after the date an open   meeting is broadcast under this section, the commission shall make   available through the commission's Internet website archived video   and audio of the open meeting.  The commission shall maintain the   archived video and audio of the open meeting on the commission's   Internet website until the second anniversary of the date the   archived video and audio was first made available on the website.          (c)  The commission shall provide on the commission's   Internet website the same notice of the open meeting that the   commission is required to post under Subchapter C, Chapter 551,   Government Code. The notice must be posted on the commission's   Internet website within the time required for posting notice under   Subchapter C, Chapter 551, Government Code.          (d)  The commission may use for an Internet broadcast of an   open meeting of the commission a room made available to the   commission on request in any state building, as that term is defined   by Section 2165.301, Government Code.          (e)  The commission 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   commission from complying with this section. Following the   catastrophe or technical breakdown, the commission shall make all   reasonable efforts to make the required video and audio of the open   meeting available in a timely manner.          (f)  The commission 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 651.0591, 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.