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S.B. 148 Enrolled

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CONSERVATION DISTRICTS - CLOSED MEETINGS
             2      AMENDMENTS
             3      2013 GENERAL SESSION
             4      STATE OF UTAH
             5      Chief Sponsor: David P. Hinkins
             6      House Sponsor: John G. Mathis
             7     
             8      LONG TITLE
             9      General Description:
             10          This bill enacts language authorizing a closed meeting for certain conservation district
             11      projects.
             12      Highlighted Provisions:
             13          This bill:
             14          .    enacts language authorizing a closed meeting for certain conservation district
             15      projects; and
             16          .    makes technical corrections.
             17      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             18          None
             19      Other Special Clauses:
             20          None
             21      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             22      AMENDS:
             23          52-4-205, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapters 327 and 365
             24     
             25      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             26          Section 1. Section 52-4-205 is amended to read:
             27           52-4-205. Purposes of closed meetings -- Certain issues prohibited in closed
             28      meetings.
             29          (1) A closed meeting described under Section 52-4-204 may only be held for:

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             30          (a) except as provided in Subsection (3), discussion of the character, professional
             31      competence, or physical or mental health of an individual;
             32          (b) strategy sessions to discuss collective bargaining;
             33          (c) strategy sessions to discuss pending or reasonably imminent litigation;
             34          (d) strategy sessions to discuss the purchase, exchange, or lease of real property,
             35      including any form of a water right or water shares, if public discussion of the transaction
             36      would:
             37          (i) disclose the appraisal or estimated value of the property under consideration; or
             38          (ii) prevent the public body from completing the transaction on the best possible terms;
             39          (e) strategy sessions to discuss the sale of real property, including any form of a water
             40      right or water shares, if:
             41          (i) public discussion of the transaction would:
             42          (A) disclose the appraisal or estimated value of the property under consideration; or
             43          (B) prevent the public body from completing the transaction on the best possible terms;
             44          (ii) the public body previously gave public notice that the property would be offered for
             45      sale; and
             46          (iii) the terms of the sale are publicly disclosed before the public body approves the
             47      sale;
             48          (f) discussion regarding deployment of security personnel, devices, or systems;
             49          (g) investigative proceedings regarding allegations of criminal misconduct;
             50          (h) as relates to the Independent Legislative Ethics Commission, conducting business
             51      relating to the receipt or review of ethics complaints;
             52          (i) as relates to an ethics committee of the Legislature, a purpose permitted under
             53      Subsection 52-4-204 (1)(a)(iii)(B);
             54          (j) as relates to a county legislative body, discussing commercial information as
             55      defined in Section 59-1-404 ;
             56          (k) as relates to the Utah Higher Education Assistance Authority and its appointed
             57      board of directors, discussing fiduciary or commercial information as defined in Section

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             58      53B-12-102 ; or
             59          (l) a purpose for which a meeting is required to be closed under Subsection (2).
             60          (2) The following meetings shall be closed:
             61          (a) a meeting of the Health and Human Services Interim Committee to review a fatality
             62      review report described in Subsection 62A-16-301 (1)(a), and the responses to the report
             63      described in Subsections 62A-16-301 (2) and (4); [and]
             64          (b) a meeting of the Child Welfare Legislative Oversight Panel to:
             65          (i) review a fatality review report described in Subsection 62A-16-301 (1)(a), and the
             66      responses to the report described in Subsections 62A-16-301 (2) and (4); or
             67          (ii) review and discuss an individual case, as described in Subsection
             68      62A-4a-207 (5)[.]; and
             69          (c) a meeting of a conservation district as defined in Section 17D-3-102 for the purpose
             70      of advising the Natural Resource Conservation Service of the United States Department of
             71      Agriculture on a farm improvement project if the discussed information is protected
             72      information under federal law.
             73          (3) In a closed meeting, a public body may not:
             74          (a) interview a person applying to fill an elected position;
             75          (b) discuss filling a midterm vacancy or temporary absence governed by Title 20A,
             76      Chapter 1, Part 5, Candidate Vacancy and Vacancy and Temporary Absence in Elected Office;
             77      or
             78          (c) discuss the character, professional competence, or physical or mental health of the
             79      person whose name was submitted for consideration to fill a midterm vacancy or temporary
             80      absence governed by Title 20A, Chapter 1, Part 5, Candidate Vacancy and Vacancy and
             81      Temporary Absence in Elected Office.

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