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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 21.5, subsection 4, Code 2001, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 4. A governmental body shall keep detailed minutes of all 1 4 discussion, persons present, and action occurring at a closed 1 5 session, and shall also tape record all of the closed session. 1 6TheExcept as provided in this subsection, the detailed 1 7 minutes and tape recording of a closed session shall be sealed 1 8 and shall not be public records open to public inspection. A 1 9 member of a governmental body may examine the detailed minutes 1 10 and tape recording of a closed session of the governmental 1 11 body upon request.HoweverIn addition, upon order of the 1 12 court in an action to enforce this chapter, the detailed 1 13 minutes and tape recording shall be unsealed and examined by 1 14 the court in camera. The court shall then determine what 1 15 part, if any, of the minutes should be disclosed to the party 1 16 seeking enforcement of this chapter for use in that 1 17 enforcement proceeding. In determining whether any portion of 1 18 the minutes or recording shall be disclosed to such a party 1 19 for this purpose, the court shall weigh the prejudicial 1 20 effects to the public interest of the disclosure of any 1 21 portion of the minutes or recording in question, against its 1 22 probative value as evidence in an enforcement proceeding. 1 23 After such a determination, the court may permit inspection 1 24 and use of all or portions of the detailed minutes and tape 1 25 recording by the party seeking enforcement of this chapter. A 1 26 governmental body shall keep the detailed minutes and tape 1 27 recording of any closed session for a period of at least one 1 28 year from the date of that meeting. 1 29 EXPLANATION 1 30 This bill provides that members of a governmental body that 1 31 holds a closed session of a meeting of that body can examine 1 32 the detailed minutes and tape recording of the closed session 1 33 upon request. 1 34 LSB 6166HV 79 1 35 ec/pj/5
Text: HF02550 Text: HF02552 Text: HF02500 - HF02599 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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