Bill Text: MN SF527 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Open meeting law communications social media exception
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-12 - General Orders: Stricken and returned to author [SF527 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF527-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to open meeting law; providing that certain communications on social
1.3media are not meetings under the law;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012,
1.4section 13D.01, subdivision 2.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13D.01, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 2. Exceptions. (a) This chapter does not apply:
1.8(1) to meetings of the commissioner of corrections;
1.9(2) to a state agency, board, or commission when it is exercising quasi-judicial
1.10functions involving disciplinary proceedings;or
1.11(3) to participation in social media forums by members of a public body otherwise
1.12subject to this chapter, so long as:
1.13(i) the social media forums are open to public participation;
1.14(ii) the social media forums have been first identified by the public body at a public
1.15meeting and a list of the identified social media forums is kept on file and publicly posted
1.16at the primary offices and on the official Web site if one exists of the public body;
1.17(iii) participation is limited to discussion only and no decision or vote is made
1.18or taken;
1.19(iv) the use of social media forums is not the sole or primary means of deliberation
1.20by the public body; and
1.21(v) participation does not take the place of any required public meeting or hearing; or
1.22(4) as otherwise expressly provided by statute.
1.23(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "social media" means forms of Web-based
1.24and mobile technologies for communication, such as Web sites for social networking
2.1and microblogging, through which users participate in online communities to share
2.2information, ideas, messages, and other content.
1.3media are not meetings under the law;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012,
1.4section 13D.01, subdivision 2.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13D.01, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 2. Exceptions. (a) This chapter does not apply:
1.8(1) to meetings of the commissioner of corrections;
1.9(2) to a state agency, board, or commission when it is exercising quasi-judicial
1.10functions involving disciplinary proceedings;
1.11(3) to participation in social media forums by members of a public body otherwise
1.12subject to this chapter, so long as:
1.13(i) the social media forums are open to public participation;
1.14(ii) the social media forums have been first identified by the public body at a public
1.15meeting and a list of the identified social media forums is kept on file and publicly posted
1.16at the primary offices and on the official Web site if one exists of the public body;
1.17(iii) participation is limited to discussion only and no decision or vote is made
1.18or taken;
1.19(iv) the use of social media forums is not the sole or primary means of deliberation
1.20by the public body; and
1.21(v) participation does not take the place of any required public meeting or hearing; or
1.22(4) as otherwise expressly provided by statute.
1.23(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "social media" means forms of Web-based
1.24and mobile technologies for communication, such as Web sites for social networking
2.1and microblogging, through which users participate in online communities to share
2.2information, ideas, messages, and other content.
