Conduct of Virtual Meeting

(a)A public body conducting a virtual meeting, to the extent practicable, shall conduct the meeting using a means compatible with assistive technology commonly used by individuals with disabilities and that facilitates the accommodation needs of individuals with disabilities to access the meeting.

(b)The means used to conduct a virtual meeting must permit each member of the public body who attends the meeting, contemporaneously and throughout the meeting, to see and hear, and to be seen and heard by, the other members of the public body who attend the meeting.

(c)A member of a public body who attends a virtual meeting is considered present for all purposes, including for determination of a quorum and voting, if contemporaneously and throughout the meeting the member can:

(1)for a meeting conducted in compliance with Subsection (b), see and hear and be seen and heard by the other members of the public body who attend the meeting.

(d)A vote taken in a virtual meeting must be by a process that identifies the vote of each member of the public body.

(e)The minutes of a virtual meeting must report any vote taken, state that the meeting was conducted by electronic means, identify the technology used, and identify the members of the public body who attended by electronic means.