H.B.�No.�772
AN ACT
relating to Internet broadcasts of open meetings held by the State
Board of Education.
�������BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
�������SECTION�1.��Section 7.106, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
�������Sec.�7.106.��MEETINGS. �(a)�The board shall hold four
meetings a year in Austin, Texas, on dates determined by the chair
and may hold other meetings as may be called by the chair.
�������(b)In a manner that complies with Section 551.128,
Government Code, the agency shall broadcast over the Internet live
video and audio of each open meeting held by the board.
Subsequently, the agency shall make available through the agency's
Internet website archived video and audio for each meeting for
which live video and audio was provided under this subsection.
�������SECTION�2.��This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
______________________________ ______________________________
���President of the Senate Speaker of the House�����
�������I certify that H.B. No. 772 was passed by the House on March
31, 2009, by the following vote:��Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House���
�������I certify that H.B. No. 772 was passed by the Senate on May
15, 2009, by the following vote:��Yeas 30, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate����
APPROVED:��_____________________
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