Section 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.Tex. Gov't. Code § 551.1282
Added by Acts 2013, Texas Acts of the 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 690,Sec. 1, eff. 6/14/2013. See Acts 2013, Texas Acts of the 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 690, Sec. 2.