HB1038ham005 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Robert F. Flider

Filed: 4/11/2005

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1038

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1038, AS AMENDED, with reference to the page and line numbers of House Amendment No. 3, on page 2, by replacing lines 17 through 22 with the following:

"A quorum of members of a public body must be physically present at the location of the meeting. Other members who are not physically present at the meeting may participate in the meeting and vote on all matters, if they are voting members, by means of a video or audio conference. The requirement that a quorum be physically present does not apply to (i) closed meetings of the Pollution Control Board or (ii) open or closed meetings of a State advisory board that makes non-binding recommendations to an agency of State government but does not make binding recommendations or determinations or take other substantive action."; and

on page 5, by inserting after line 33 the following:

"(d) This Section does not apply to a State advisory board that makes non-binding recommendations to an agency of State government but does not make binding recommendations or determinations or take any other substantive action.".