By: Vo (Senate Sponsor - Davis)	H.B. No. 2668
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2013;
	May 9, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Open
	Government; May 17, 2013, reported favorably by the following
	vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 17, 2013, sent to printer.)

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to requirements applicable to meetings of the governing
	board of certain junior college districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 551, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 551.1282 to read as follows:
	Sec. 551.1282.  GOVERNING BOARD OF JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT:
	INTERNET POSTING OF MEETING MATERIALS AND BROADCAST OF OPEN
	MEETING. (a) This section applies only to the governing board of a
	junior college district with a total student enrollment of more
	than 20,000 in any semester of the preceding academic year.
	(b)  A governing board to which this section applies, for any
	regularly scheduled meeting of the governing board for which notice
	is required under this chapter, shall:
	(1)  post as early as practicable in advance of the
	meeting on the Internet website of the district any written agenda
	and related supplemental written materials provided by the district
	to the board members for the members' use during the meeting;
	(2)  broadcast the meeting, other than any portions of
	the meeting closed to the public as authorized by law, over the
	Internet in the manner prescribed by Section 551.128; and
	(3)  record the broadcast and make that recording
	publicly available in an online archive located on the district's
	Internet website.
	(c)  Subsection (b)(1) does not apply to written materials
	that the general counsel or other appropriate attorney for the
	district certifies are confidential or may be withheld from public
	disclosure under Chapter 552.
	(d)  The governing board of a junior college district is not
	required to comply with the requirements of this section if that
	compliance is not possible because of an act of God, force majeure,
	or a similar cause not reasonably within the governing board's
	control.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to a meeting of the governing board of a junior college district for
	which notice is given under Chapter 551, Government Code, on or
	after January 1, 2014.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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