BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 1723 (Fuentes)
As Amended August 22, 2012
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |77-0 |(May 29, 2012) |SENATE: |36-0 |(August 23, |
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Original Committee Reference: HIGHER ED.
SUMMARY : Requires the governing boards of the California
Community Colleges (CCC), the California State University (CSU),
and the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC), and requests
the University of California (UC) Regents, to provide live video
transmission of all board meetings open to the public and to
archive and post video and audio transmissions for at least the
preceding 12 months, and within 48 hours of the initial
transmission, on their respective Web sites.
The Senate amendments add CSAC and delete all references to the
California Postsecondary Education Commission, which is no
longer in operation.
AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMLBY , this bill was substantially similar
to the version approved by the Senate, except that it excluded
CSAC.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Senate Appropriations
Committee, the requirements of this bill will result in varying
costs by segment and agency, because they differ in current
practice and access to appropriate technology.
1) CCC: No additional costs; the CCC Board of Governors
currently complies with the requirements of this bill.
2) CSU: $550,000 in one-time costs to bring facility
infrastructure and equipment up to a level capable of
providing live video transmissions, and minor ongoing costs
to store video on-line.
3) UC: $78,000 - $123,000 in initial equipment and
contracting expenses, and $49,000-$110,000 in ongoing costs.
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4) CSAC: $53,600 in initial contracting costs, and $35,200 in
ongoing costs
COMMENTS : Existing law requires public higher education
entities to provide audio webcasts of their open meetings.
Currently, several boards, agencies and local governments
televise and/or webcast their meetings including the
Legislature, Cal EPA, the State Board of Education, the State
Allocation Board and the CCC Board of Governors (BOG). To note,
the BOG provides video transmissions of its open meetings,
contracting with an outside vendor to stream the video on the
Internet and to record and stream meetings at off-site
locations. UC and CSU do not provide live video transmission of
their meetings. UC, CSU, and CCC do not archive or post audio
or video transmissions, as applicable.
Analysis Prepared by : Jeanice Warden / HIGHER ED. / (916)
319-3960 FN:
0005497