87R1883 MCK-D     By: Patterson H.B. No. 768       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the requirement that certain governmental bodies make   audio and video recordings of open meetings available on the   Internet.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 551.128(b-1), Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (b-1)  A transit authority or department subject to Chapter   451, 452, 453, or 460, Transportation Code, [an elected school   district board of trustees for a school district that has a student   enrollment of 10,000 or more, an elected governing body of a   home-rule municipality that has a population of 50,000 or more, or a   county commissioners court for] a county that has a population of   5,000 [125,000] or more, and any political subdivision located   wholly or partly in a county that has a population of 5,000 or more   shall:                (1)  make a video and audio recording of reasonable   quality of each:                      (A)  regularly scheduled open meeting that is not   a work session or a special called meeting; and                      (B)  open meeting that is a work session or   special called meeting if:                            (i)  the governmental body is an elected   school district board of trustees for a school district that has a   student enrollment of 10,000 or more; and                            (ii)  at the work session or special called   meeting, the board of trustees votes on any matter or allows public   comment or testimony; and                (2)  make available an archived copy of the video and   audio recording of each meeting described by Subdivision (1) on the   Internet.          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   an open meeting held on or after the effective date of this Act. An   open meeting held before the effective date of this Act is governed   by the law in effect on the date of the open meeting, and the former   law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.