Reference is to Printer's Date 01/29/15-S.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by deleting all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Section 30-4-80 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 30-4-80.
(aA) All
public bodies, except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of
this section, must give written public notice of their regular
meetings at the beginning of each calendar year. The notice must
include the dates, times, and places of such meetings.
Agenda, if any, for regularly scheduled or
special meetings must be posted on a bulletin board in a
publicly accessible place at the office or meeting place of
the public body and on a public website maintained by the
body, if any, at least twenty-four hours prior to such
meetings. All public bodies must post on such bulletin board
or website, if any, public notice for any called,
special, or rescheduled meetings. Such notice must be posted as
early as is practicable but not later than twenty-four hours
before the meeting. Once an agenda for a regular, called,
special, or rescheduled meeting is posted pursuant to this
subsection, no items may be added to the agenda without an
additional twenty-four hours notice to the public, which must be
made in the same manner as the original posting. After the
meeting begins, an item upon which action can be taken only may
be added to the agenda by a two-thirds vote of the members
present and voting, who must make a finding that an emergency
exists if the item is not added to the agenda. The notice
must include the agenda, date, time, and place of the meeting.
This requirement does not apply to emergency meetings of public
bodies.
(bB)
Legislative committees must post their meeting times
during weeks of the regular session of the General Assembly and
must comply with the provisions for notice of special meetings
during those weeks when the General Assembly is not in session.
Once an agenda for a legislative committee is posted pursuant
to this subsection, no items may be added to the agenda without
an additional twenty-four hours notice to the public, which must
be made in the same manner as the original notice.
Subcommittees of standing legislative committees must give
notice during weeks of the legislative session only if it is
practicable to do so.
(cC)
Subcommittees, other than legislative subcommittees, of
committees required to give notice under subsection (a), must
make reasonable and timely efforts to give notice of their
meetings.
(dD)
Written public notice must include but need not be limited
to posting a copy of the notice at the principal office of the
public body holding the meeting or, if no such office exists, at
the building in which the meeting is to be held.
(eE)
All public bodies shall notify persons or organizations,
local news media, or such other news media as may request
notification of the times, dates, places, and agenda of all
public meetings, whether scheduled, rescheduled, or called, and
the efforts made to comply with this requirement must be noted
in the minutes of the meetings."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.