TITLE: Relating to meetings of the board of directors of a regional mobility authority.

SUMMARY: Relating to meetings of the board of directors of a regional mobility authority.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to meetings of the board of directors of a regional mobility authority. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 370.257, Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 370.257. PUBLIC ACCESS. (a) An authority shall: (1) make and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the board to speak on any issue under the jurisdiction of the authority; and (2) prepare and maintain a written plan that describes how an individual who does not speak English or who has a physical, mental, or developmental disability may be provided reasonable access to the authority's programs. (b) For a meeting of the board an authority shall: (1) post as early as practicable in advance of the meeting on the authority's Internet website any written agenda and related supplemental written materials provided by the authority to the directors for the directors' use during the meeting; (2) broadcast the meeting over the Internet in the manner prescribed by Section 551.128, Government Code; and (3) record the broadcast and make that recording publicly available in an online archive located on the authority's Internet website not later than the 60th day after the date the meeting is held. (c) The requirements of this section and Chapter 551, Government Code, apply to a meeting of a subcommittee of the board, regardless of whether a quorum of the directors are present at the meeting. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to a meeting of the board of directors of a regional mobility authority or a subcommittee of that board for which notice is given under Chapter 551, Government Code, on or after September 1, 2015. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.