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40.

Meeting Date:	06/16/2015
Texas HB 283
Submitted For:	Dan Gattis	Submitted By:	Connie Watson, County Judge
Department:	County Judge
Agenda Category:	Regular Agenda Items

Information

Agenda Item

Discuss and take appropriate action on Texas House Bill 283; by Texas state law the requirement that certain governmental bodies make audio and video recordings of open meetings available on the Internet.

Background

Texas HB 283 key points:
1. Video and audio recording of reasonable quality of each regularly scheduled open meeting that is not a work session or a special called meeting; and make available an archived copy of the video and audio recording of each meeting on the Internet.
2. Must be compliant by January 1, 2016.
3. Make the archived recording of each meeting to which Subsection (b-1) applies available on the Internet not later than seven days after the date the recording was made.
4. Maintain the archived recording on the Internet for not less than two years after the date the recording was first made available.

Attached is the Legislative Report will full details on HB 283.

Also attached are bids from Swagit with special pricing if the County commits by Oct. 1. There is a basic option as well as a 3-camera option.

Fiscal Impact

From/To	Acct No.	Description	Amount

Attachments
HB 283 Legislative Report
Swagit Basic Pricing
Swagit 3-Camera Pricing

Form Review

Inbox	Reviewed By	Date
County Judge Exec Asst.	Wendy Coco	06/10/2015 04:10 PM
Form Started By: cwatson		Started On: 06/10/2015 03:25 PM
Final Approval Date: 06/10/2015