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CA AB2350
Bill
Status
9/25/2024
Primary Sponsor
Josh Hoover
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AI Summary
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Authorizes school boards holding emergency meetings to notify media entities by email instead of telephone, provided all email addresses provided by media representatives are exhausted.
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Applies when internet and telephone services are both non-functioning; in such cases, the notification requirement is waived and the school board must notify media of the meeting details as soon after the meeting as possible.
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Maintains existing requirements that emergency meetings can only be held when prompt action is necessary due to disruption or threatened disruption of public facilities, as determined by a majority of the legislative body.
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Specifies that no state reimbursement is required because costs incurred would fall within an exemption under the California Constitution's mandate reimbursement provisions.
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Makes legislative findings that email notification to media ensures efficient dissemination of information to the public regarding emergency meetings while furthering constitutional access requirements.
Legislative Description
Open meetings: school boards: emergencies: notifications by email.
Last Action
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 565, Statutes of 2024.
9/25/2024