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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLB 286.011 8 Excerpt re Shade Meeting 2022 The 2022 Florida Statutes (including 2022 Special Session A and 2023 Special Session B) Title XIX PUBLIC BUSINESS Chapter 286 PUBLIC BUSINESS: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 286.011 Public meetings and records; public inspection; criminal and civil penalties.— (1) All meetings of any board or commission of any state agency or authority or of any agency or authority of any county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision, except as otherwise provided in the Constitution, including meetings with or attended by any person elected to such board or commission, but who has not yet taken office, at which official acts are to be taken are declared to be public meetings open to the public at all times, and no resolution, rule, or formal action shall be considered binding except as taken or made at such meeting.The board or commission must provide reasonable notice of all such meetings. (8) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1),any board or commission of any state agency or authority or any agency or authority of any county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision, and the chief administrative or executive officer of the governmental entity, may meet in private with the entity's attorney to discuss pending litigation to which the entity is presently a party before a co court or administrative agency,provided that the following conditions are met: d (a) The entity's attorney shall advise the entity at a public meeting that he or she desires advice as concerning the litigation. 0 L. (b) The subject matter of the meeting shall be confined to settlement negotiations or strategy m o sessions related to litigation expenditures. rt (c) The entire session shall be recorded by a certified court reporter.The reporter shall record the times of commencement and termination of the session, all discussion and proceedings,the names of all persons present at any time,and the names of all persons speaking. No portion of the session shall be off the record.The court reporter's notes shall be fully transcribed and filed with the entity's clerk within a reasonable time after the meeting. (d) The entity shall give reasonable public notice of the time and date of the attorney-client session and the names of persons who will be attending the session. The session shall commence at an open meeting at which the persons chairing the meeting shall announce the commencement and estimated length of the attorney-client session and the names of the persons attending.At the conclusion of the attorney-client session, the meeting shall be reopened, and the person chairing the meeting shall announce the termination of the session. (e) The transcript shall be made part of the public record upon conclusion of the litigation. History.—s. 1, ch. 67-356; s. 159, ch. 71-136; s. 1, ch. 78-365; s. 6, ch. 85-301; s. 33, ch. 91-224; s. 1, ch. 93-232; s. 210, ch. 95-148; s. 1, ch. 95-353; s. 2, ch. 2012-25. Copyright © 1995-2023 The Florida Legislature [Excerpt of Subsections(1)and(8);Emphasis Added.]