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GA HB1040
Bill
Status
Introduced
3/9/2018
Primary Sponsor
Jeff Jones
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AI Summary
- Requires agency and committee meeting agendas to be posted at least one week in advance in a conspicuous public location at the regular meeting place and on the agency's website, if one exists, replacing the prior vague standard of "as far in advance as reasonably possible"
- Limits the addition of items not on the published agenda to emergency conditions involving public safety, preservation of property, or public services, and requires a two-thirds vote of agency or committee members to add such items
- Requires that when a meeting is closed under attorney-client privilege for pending or potential litigation, the specific nature of the litigation and the parties anticipated to assert claims or initiate judicial action must be identified, and prohibits closing a meeting solely for advice on whether to close a meeting
- Specifies that official minutes of closed meetings are not open to the public, but notarized affidavits filed by the presiding officer (or each attending member, per agency policy) identifying the legal exception justifying closure shall be part of the public record
- Amends Chapter 14 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Georgia's Open Meetings Act)
Legislative Description
State government; notice of meetings; provisions
Last Action
House Second Readers
3/14/2018
Full Bill Text
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