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  89R282 MCK-D     By: Hancock S.B. No. 1339       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a requirement that certain water districts 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, a district subject to   Chapter 36, 49, or 60, Water 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 125,000 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 that is 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, 2025.