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sible from the institution of higher education's Internet website home
page;
(2) provide a brief description of the data set(s) and a link to
the data set(s) to the Department to post on the state electronic Internet
portal, Texas.gov.
(d) If a high-value data set is posted on the institution of higher
education's website, the web page on which the high-value data set is
posted must use the institution's Internet website home page address
and include the uniform resource locator suffix "data."
The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed the pro-
posal and found it to be within the state agency's legal authority
to adopt.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on November 7,
2013.
TRD-201305130
Martin H. Zelinsky
General Counsel
Department of Information Resources
Earliest possible date of adoption: December 22, 2013
For further information, please call: (512) 475-4700
CHAPTER 209. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR
MEETINGS HELD BY VIDEOCONFERENCE
The Texas Department of Information Resources (department
or DIR) proposes amendments to 1 TAC Chapter 209, 209.1,
209.11 and 209.31, concerning minimum standards for meetings
held by videoconference to ensure the rules more accurately
reflect legislative actions. The amendments are necessary, in
part, as the result of passage of House Bill 2414 (83R) and Sen-
ate Bill 984 (83R), effective as of September 1, 2013, which
amended 551.001 and 551.127, Texas Government Code, in
which DIRE is directed to specify minimum standards for audio
and video signals by rule, the basis upon which these rules were
originally promulgated.
The assessment of the impact of the proposed changes on insti-
tutions of higher education was prepared in consultation with the
Information Technology Council for Higher Education in compli-
ance with 2054.121(b), Texas Government Code.
The department proposes to amend 209.1 to add paragraph
(3) and amend renumbered paragraph (4). The definition pro-
vided in new paragraph (3) serves to clarify applicability in that
the standards set forth in this rule only apply to meetings subject
to Chapter 551, Texas Government Code ("Texas Open Meet-
ings Act"). The amended definition of renumbered paragraph (4)
reflects the amended definition of the same in the Texas Open
Meetings Act.
The department also proposes to amend 209.11 and 209.31
to clarify the nature of the external publications put forth by the
department for the purposes of further clarifying the applicable
standards for the use of videoconferencing in meetings subject
to the Texas Open Meetings Act. Such external publications are
meant to provide entities additional clarification regarding the
standards while affording the department the level of flexibility
necessary to accommodate for the rapidly evolving nature of the
technology.John Hoffman, Director of Communications Technology Ser-
vices, has determined that because the use of any such
technology is voluntary in nature, there will be no fiscal impact
on state agencies, institutions of higher education and local
governments resulting from compliance with such changes to
the rules.
However, in the event an agency, institution of higher education
or local government does deploy videoconferencing technology
for the purposes of facilitating a meeting subject to the Texas
Open Meetings Act, John Hoffman has determined that the fis-
cal impact will be the economic cost associated with upgrades
necessary so that an entity complies with such changes to the
rules.
Written comments on the proposed amendments may be sub-
mitted to Chad Lersch, Assistant General Counsel, 300 West
15th Street, Suite 1300, Austin, Texas 78701 or to chad.ler-
sch@dir.texas.gov. Comments will be accepted for 30 days after
publication in the Texas Register.
SUBCHAPTER A. DEFINITIONS
1 TAC 209.1
The amendments are proposed pursuant to 2054.052(a), Texas
Government Code, which authorizes the department to adopt
rules as necessary to implement its responsibilities under Chap-
ter 2054, Texas Government Code, and 551.127(i), Texas Gov-
ernment Code, which directs the department to adopt rules spec-
ifying the minimum standards for audio and video signals at a
meeting held by videoconference call.
No other code, article or statute is affected by this proposal.
209.1. Applicable Terms and Technologies for Meetings Held by
Videoconference.
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have
the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Compressed video--Video data that has been digitized
and in the process, condensed by the use of one or more of the common
video compression processes (lossy, lossless, interframe compression,
etc.). A codec produces compressed video and uncompresses the video
at the remote end.
(2) ITU--International Telecommunication Union.
(3) Meeting--Shall have the same meaning as set forth in
Chapter 551, Texas Government Code.
(4) [(3)] Videoconference--A communication conducted
between two or more persons in which one or more of the participants
communicate with the other participants through duplex audio and
video signals transmitted over a telephone network, a data network, or
the Internet. [Real-time video and audio communications between or
among multiple sites7]
The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed the pro-
posal and found it to be within the state agency's legal authority
to adopt.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on November 7,
2013.
TRD-201305132PROPOSED RULES November 22, 2013 38 TexReg 8329
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