00                   HOUSE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 184(STA)                                                                 
01 "An Act relating to public access to legislative committee meetings during regular                                      
02 legislative sessions by Internet broadcast."                                                                            
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 24.05 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
05            Sec. 24.05.186. Access to committee meetings by Internet broadcast. Each                                   
06       room that is regularly used during regular legislative sessions for meetings of                                   
07       committees of the legislature shall be equipped with a fixed camera capable of                                    
08       producing an audio and video feed without an operator once turned on. During regular                              
09       sessions of the legislature, each meeting of a standing, special, joint, or permanent                             
10       interim committee that is held in a room with a fixed camera shall be recorded and the                            
11       live feed made immediately available to the public through Internet broadcast so that                             
12       the public may easily observe and listen to the meeting while it is in progress.                                  
13       However, periods when a committee is in executive session, in recess, or at ease may                              
14       not be recorded, nor may a live audio or video feed of those periods be made available                            
01       to the public through Internet broadcast. The electronic recordings produced by a fixed                           
02       camera under this section are not public records and are not required to be retained or                           
03       stored.