• School Boards, including the school board’s committees, in parishes of twenty-five thousand or more; and

• Municipal Governing Authorities; including committee meetings except for those whose members are volunteers, in municipalities of ten thousand or more.

This provision also mandates that the above entities include sufficient information on its written public notice for the public to locate the broadcast for viewing. The requirement to broadcast meetings does not include executive sessions.

Any entity that does not meet the above requirements of R.S. 42:23, such as a municipality with a population of less than 10,000, may choose to broadcast/livestream their meetings but they are not legally required to. Such entities should adopt written rules/policies regarding how such broadcasting of meetings will be accomplished, how notice will be provided to the public, how the broadcast will not apply to executive sessions, etc.