Bill Text: FL S0718 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

Florida Senate Bill 718 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Public Meetings

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-05-02 - Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability [S0718 Detail]

Download: Florida-2014-S0718-Introduced.html

       Florida Senate - 2014                                     SB 718
       
       
        
       By Senator Legg
       
       
       
       
       
       17-00702A-14                                           2014718__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to public meetings; amending s.
    3         286.011, F.S.; requiring that the notice of a public
    4         meeting include a description of each matter to be
    5         considered at such meeting; prohibiting the board or
    6         commission of an agency or authority of the state, a
    7         county, a municipality, or a political subdivision
    8         from acting upon a matter at a public meeting which
    9         was not included in the notice of such meeting;
   10         providing an exception for certain emergency matters
   11         upon the approval of a super majority of the members
   12         of the board or commission; providing applicability;
   13         providing an effective date.
   14          
   15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   17         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 286.011, Florida
   18  Statutes, is amended to read:
   19         286.011 Public meetings and records; public inspection;
   20  criminal and civil penalties.—
   21         (1) All meetings of a any board or commission of a any
   22  state agency or authority or of an any agency or authority of a
   23  any county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision,
   24  except as otherwise provided in the Constitution, including
   25  meetings with or attended by a any person elected to such board
   26  or commission, but who has not yet taken office, at which
   27  official acts are to be taken are declared to be public meetings
   28  open to the public at all times, and no resolution, rule, or
   29  formal action shall be considered binding except as taken or
   30  made at such meeting. The board or commission must provide
   31  reasonable notice of all such meetings which shall include a
   32  specific description of each matter to be considered by the
   33  board or commission at such meeting. A board or commission may
   34  not act upon any matter at a public meeting which was not
   35  included in the notice of such meeting unless the matter
   36  concerns an impending public health, safety, welfare, or other
   37  emergency that requires immediate action, and the consideration
   38  of the matter is approved by a super majority of the members of
   39  the board or commission. This subsection does not limit the
   40  application of any other provision of law, a charter, an
   41  ordinance, or a rule that imposes additional or more restrictive
   42  notice requirements on a board or commission.
   43         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.