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SENATE BILL NO. 1288 – Meetings, notice, posted

SENATE BILL NO. 1288

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S1288..........................................................by SCHROEDER
MEETING NOTICES - Amends existing law to provide that all meeting notices
for state and local government meetings which include time or place changes
shall be posted on the outside of the original meeting place in a
conspicuous place.
                                                                        
01/20    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/23    Rpt prt - to St Aff

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1288
                                                                        
                                        BY SCHROEDER
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO NOTICE OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT  MEETINGS;  AMENDING  SECTION
  3        67-2343,  IDAHO  CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT  ALL MEETING NOTICES INCLUDING TIME
  4        OR PLACE CHANGES SHALL BE POSTED ON THE OUTSIDE OF  THE  ORIGINAL  MEETING
  5        PLACE IN A CONSPICUOUS PLACE.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
  7
  8        SECTION  1.  That  Section 67-2343, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  9    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        67-2343.  NOTICE OF MEETINGS. (1) Regular meetings. No less  than  a  five
 11    (5)  calendar  day  meeting notice shall be given unless otherwise provided by
 12    statute. Provided however, that any public agency that holds meetings at regu-
 13    lar intervals of at least once per calendar month scheduled  in  advance  over
 14    the  course  of  the  year  may  satisfy this meeting notice by giving meeting
 15    notices at least once each year of its regular meeting schedule. A forty-eight
 16    (48) hour agenda notice shall be required in advance of each regular  meeting,
 17    however,  additional  agenda items may be added after completion of the agenda
 18    up to and including the hour of the meeting, provided that a good faith effort
 19    is made to include in the notice all agenda items known  at  the  time  to  be
 20    probable  items of discussion. The notice requirement for meetings and agendas
 21    shall be satisfied by posting such notices and agendas in a prominent place at
 22    the principal office of the public agency, or if no such office exists, at the
 23    building where the meeting is to be held.
 24        (2)  Special meetings. No special meeting shall be held without at least a
 25    twenty-four (24) hour meeting and agenda notice, unless an  emergency  exists.
 26    An emergency is a situation involving injury or damage to persons or property,
 27    or immediate financial loss, or the likelihood of such injury, damage or loss,
 28    when  the notice requirements of this section would make such notice impracti-
 29    cable, or increase the likelihood or severity of such injury, damage or  loss,
 30    and  the  reason for the emergency is stated at the outset of the meeting. The
 31    notice required under this section shall include  at  a  minimum  the  meeting
 32    date,  time,  place and name of the public agency calling for the meeting. The
 33    secretary or other designee of each public agency shall maintain a list of the
 34    news media requesting notification of meetings and shall  make  a  good  faith
 35    effort  to  provide advance notification to them of the time and place of each
 36    meeting.
 37        (3)  Executive sessions. If an executive session  only  will  be  held,  a
 38    twenty-four  (24)  hour  meeting and agenda notice shall be given according to
 39    the notice provisions stated in subsection (2) of this section and shall state
 40    the reason and the specific provision of law authorizing  the  executive  ses-
 41    sion.
 42        (4)  Meeting  notices  placement.  All  meeting  notices including time or
 43    place changes shall be posted on the outside of the original meeting place  in
 44    a conspicuous place.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 15621

This bill pertains to the posting of notices of state and local
government meetings, including time and place changes, be posted
on the outside of the original meeting place.


                           FISCAL NOTE

There is no fiscal impact.




Contact
Name: Roger Falen
Phone: 208-285-1116
Sen. Gary Schroeder   208-332-1324 



STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                       S 1288