BILL NUMBER: AB 1723	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 27, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 1, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 24, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 10, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 19, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fuentes
    (   Coauthor:   Senator   Lieu
  ) 

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2012

   An act to amend Section 66020.5 of the Education Code, relating to
public postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1723, as amended, Fuentes. Postsecondary educational
institutions: meetings: live video and audio transmission.
   Existing law requires the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges, the Trustees of the California State University,
the California Postsecondary Education Commission, and the Student
Aid Commission, including a specified auxiliary organization, and
requests the Regents of the University of California, to provide for
live audio transmission of all meetings, which are open to the public
pursuant to specified law, through a technology that is accessible
to as large a segment of the public as possible, including, but not
necessarily limited to, the use of cable, satellite, over-the-air, or
any other type of transmission that can be accessed though a
television.
   This bill would require those entities, and request the regents,
also to provide for live video transmissions and to archive and post
the video and audio transmissions on the entity's Internet Web site
for at least 12 months and within 48 hours following the initial
transmission. The bill would remove over-the-air transmissions from
the list of transmissions that can be accessed through a television
 , and would exempt the Student Aid Commission, including a
specified auxiliary organization, from the requirement to provide for
live video transmissions  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 66020.5 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   66020.5.  (a)  Except as provided for in subdivision (c),
the   The  Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges, the Trustees of the California State University,
the California Postsecondary Education Commission, and the Student
Aid Commission, including any auxiliary organization established
pursuant to Section 69522, shall, and the Regents of the University
of California are requested to, do both of the following:
   (1) Provide for live video and audio transmission of all meetings,
which are open to the public pursuant to the Bagley-Keene Open
Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1
of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), through a
technology that is accessible to as large a segment of the public as
possible, including, but not necessarily limited to, the use of
either of the following technologies:
   (A) Cable, satellite, or any other type of transmission that can
be accessed through a television.
   (B) Web cast, in which case notice of meetings that are open to
the public and links to the Web cast shall be easily accessible via
each entity's Internet Web site.
   (2) Archive and post the video and audio transmissions recorded
pursuant to paragraph (1) on the entity's Internet Web site for at
least 12 months and within 48 hours following the initial
transmission.
   (b) It is not a violation of this section if technical failures
prevent an entity from providing a live video or audio transmission
 ,  or archiving or posting the video and audio transmission
 ,  so long as the entity exercised reasonable diligence in
making a live video or audio transmission available and archiving
and posting the video and audio transmission. 
   (c) The Student Aid Commission, including any auxiliary
organization established pursuant to Section 69522, shall be exempt
from the requirement in subdivision (a) to provide for live video
transmissions.