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H.B. 181 Enrolled

    

ELECTRONIC POSTING OF NOTICES

    
1998 GENERAL SESSION

    
STATE OF UTAH

    
Sponsor: Brent H. Goodfellow

    AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS; PROVIDING FOR ELECTRONIC NOTICE OF
    MEETINGS.
    This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
    AMENDS:
         52-4-6, as last amended by Chapter 17, Laws of Utah 1978
    Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
        Section 1. Section 52-4-6 is amended to read:
         52-4-6. Public notice of meetings.
        (1) Any public body which holds regular meetings that are scheduled in advance over the
    course of a year shall give public notice at least once each year of its annual meeting schedule as
    provided in this section. The public notice shall specify the date, time, and place of such meetings.
        (2) In addition to the notice requirements of Subsection (1) of this section, each public
    body shall give not less than 24 hours' public notice of the agenda, date, time and place of each of
    its meetings.
        (3) Public notice shall be satisfied by:
        (a) posting written notice at the principal office of the public body, or if no such office
    exists, at the building where the meeting is to be held; and
        (b) providing notice to at least one newspaper of general circulation within the geographic
    jurisdiction of the public body, or to a local media correspondent.
        (4) Public bodies are encouraged to develop and use electronic means to post notice in
    addition to those means listed in Subsection (3).
        (5) When because of unforeseen circumstances it is necessary for a public body to hold
    an emergency meeting to consider matters of an emergency or urgent nature, the notice
    requirements of Subsection [52-4-6](2) may be disregarded and the best notice practicable given.
    No such emergency meeting of a public body shall be held unless an attempt has been made to


    notify all of its members and a majority votes in the affirmative to hold the meeting.

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