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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.4381 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20000111 Primary Sponsor:Townsend All Sponsors:Townsend, Altman, Gamble Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\pt\1745dw00.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 25 HJ Subject:Freedom of Information, public bodies, draft minutes of meeting or posting to internet website to be available in 30 day History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 20000111 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ referred to Committee House 19991229 Prefiled, referred to Committee 25 HJ Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND SECTION 30-4-90, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO MINUTES OF MEETINGS OF PUBLIC BODIES, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE PROPOSED OR DRAFT MINUTES TO BE AVAILABLE WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER MEETING IF THE PUBLIC BODY MEETS LESS FREQUENTLY THAN MONTHLY AND TO REQUIRE THAT IF A PUBLIC BODY MAINTAINS AN INTERNET WEBSITE, THE MINUTES MUST BE POSTED TO THE SITE WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THEY ARE ADOPTED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 30-4-90(b) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(b) The minutes shall be are public records and shall must be available within a reasonable time after the meeting except where such the disclosures would be inconsistent with Section 30-4-70 of this chapter. If a public body meets less frequently than monthly, proposed or draft minutes for that meeting must be available within thirty days after the meeting of the public body. If a public body maintains an internet website, the minutes must be posted to the site within thirty days after they are adopted."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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