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SENATE BILL NO. 1289

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S1289..........................................................by SCHROEDER
GOVERNMENTAL MEETINGS - Amends existing law to provide that a full
transcript of a meeting of a state or local unit of government is not
required except as otherwise provided by law; to provide that a recording
of the meeting is required; to provide that all recordings shall be
retained for a minimum of seven years from the date of the meeting; and to
provide that such recordings shall be deemed a public record pursuant to
the Public Records Act.
                                                                        
01/20    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1289
                                                                        
                                        BY SCHROEDER
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO MINUTES OF GOVERNMENTAL MEETINGS; AMENDING SECTION 67-2344,  IDAHO
  3        CODE,  TO  PROVIDE  THAT  A  FULL  TRANSCRIPT OF A MEETING IS NOT REQUIRED
  4        EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW AND TO PROVIDE THAT A RECORDING OF THE
  5        MEETING IS REQUIRED AND ALL RECORDINGS SHALL BE RETAINED FOR A MINIMUM  OF
  6        SEVEN   YEARS  FROM  THE  DATE OF THE MEETING AND SUCH RECORDINGS SHALL BE
  7        DEEMED A PUBLIC RECORD PURSUANT TO THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT AND  TO  MAKE  A
  8        TECHNICAL CORRECTION.
                                                                        
  9    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 10        SECTION  1.  That  Section 67-2344, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 11    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 12        67-2344.  WRITTEN MINUTES OF MEETINGS. (1) The governing body of a  public
 13    agency  shall  provide  for the taking of written minutes of all its meetings.
 14    Neither a A full transcript nor a recording of the meeting  is  not  required,
 15    except  as  otherwise  provided by law. A recording of the meeting is required
 16    and all recordings shall be retained for a minimum of seven (7) years from the
 17    date of the meeting and such recordings shall be deemed a public record pursu-
 18    ant to chapter 3, title 9, Idaho Code. All minutes shall be available  to  the
 19    public  within a reasonable time after the meeting, and shall include at least
 20    the following information:
 21        (a)  All members of the governing body present;
 22        (b)  All motions, resolutions, orders, or ordinances  proposed  and  their
 23        disposition;
 24        (c)  The  results of all votes, and upon the request of a member, the vote
 25        of each member, by name;.
 26        (2)  Minutes of executive sessions may be limited to material the  disclo-
 27    sure  of  which  is  not  inconsistent with the provisions of section 67-2345,
 28    Idaho Code, but shall contain sufficient detail to convey the general tenor of
 29    the meeting.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 15616

This bill would provide that recordings of meetings be required
and retained for seven years and such recordings be deemed a
public record.  A full transcript of the meeting is not required,
except as otherwise provided by law.


                           FISCAL NOTE

There is no fiscal impact.




Contact
Name: Roger Falen 
Phone: 208-285-1116
Rep. Tom Trail   208-332-1260
Sen. Gary Schroeder 208-332-1324


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                        S 1289