Senate Amendment 3207


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 437, as passed by the Senate, as
     1  2 follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 1, line 2, by striking the word
     1  4 <paragraph> and inserting the following:
     1  5 <paragraphs>.
     1  6 #2.  Page 1, by inserting after line 6 the
     1  7 following:
     1  8    <NEW PARAGRAPH.  j.  An advisory board, advisory
     1  9 commission, advisory committee, task force, or other
     1 10 body created by an entity organized under chapter 28E,
     1 11 or by the administrator or joint board specified in a
     1 12 chapter 28E agreement, to develop and make
     1 13 recommendations on public policy issues.
     1 14    Sec.    .  Section 21.4, subsection 1, Code 2009,
     1 15 is amended to read as follows:
     1 16    1.  A governmental body, except township trustees,
     1 17 shall give notice of the time, date, and place of each
     1 18 meeting, and its tentative agenda, in a manner
     1 19 reasonably calculated to apprise the public of that
     1 20 information.  Reasonable notice shall include advising
     1 21 the news media who have filed a request for notice
     1 22 with the governmental body  and posting the notice on
     1 23 a bulletin board or other prominent place which is
     1 24 easily accessible to the public and clearly designated
     1 25 for that purpose at the principal office of the body
     1 26 holding the meeting, or if no such office exists, at
     1 27 the building in which the meeting is to be held.>
     1 28 #3.  Page 1, by inserting after line 23 the
     1 29 following:
     1 30    <Sec.    .  Section 359.17, subsection 2, Code
     1 31 2009, is amended to read as follows:
     1 32    2.  A board of township trustees shall give prior
     1 33 notice of a meeting to discuss, deliberate, or act
     1 34 upon a matter relating to the budget or a tax levy of
     1 35 the township or relating to the trustees' duty to
     1 36 provide fire protection service and, if provided,
     1 37 emergency medical service, pursuant to section 359.42.
     1 38 The trustees shall give notice of such meeting at
     1 39 least forty=eight twenty=four hours preceding the
     1 40 commencement of the meeting.  However, a notice is not
     1 41 required pursuant to this subsection when the trustees
     1 42 gather for minor or purely ministerial matters
     1 43 relating to the trustees' duty for providing such fire
     1 44 protection service or emergency medical service.  The
     1 45 notice shall state the time, date, and place of the
     1 46 meeting and the proposed agenda.  The notice shall be
     1 47 provided to the county auditor who shall post the
     1 48 notice in an area of the courthouse where notices to
     1 49 the public are commonly posted.>
     1 50 #4.  Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and
     2  1 inserting the following:  <An Act relating to the
     2  2 affairs of governmental entities by providing for
     2  3 public access to meetings>.
     2  4 #5.  By renumbering as necessary.
     2  5 SF 437.H
     2  6 da/cm/25

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