| Old | New | Differences | |
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| 1 | 1 | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1148 | |
| 2 | 2 | January Session, 2013 LCO No. 4831 | |
| 3 | - | *_____ | |
| 3 | + | *04831_______GAE* | |
| 4 | 4 | Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS | |
| 5 | 5 | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | 6 | (GAE) | |
| 7 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 8 | General Assembly | |
| 9 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Raised Bill No. 1148 | |
| 11 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 12 | January Session, 2013 | |
| 13 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 14 | LCO No. 4831 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 16 | - | *_____ | |
| 16 | + | *04831_______GAE* | |
| 17 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 18 | Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS | |
| 19 | 19 | ||
| 20 | 20 | Introduced by: | |
| 21 | 21 | ||
| 22 | 22 | (GAE) | |
| 23 | 23 | ||
| 24 | 24 | AN ACT REDEFINING "MEETING" FOR PURPOSES OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. | |
| 25 | 25 | ||
| 26 | 26 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
| 27 | 27 | ||
| 28 | 28 | Section 1. Subdivision (2) of section 1-200 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2013): | |
| 29 | 29 | ||
| 30 | 30 | (2) "Meeting" means any hearing or other proceeding of a public agency, any convening or assembly of a quorum of a multimember public agency, and any communication by or to a quorum of a multimember public agency, whether in person or by means of electronic equipment, to discuss or act upon a matter over which the public agency has supervision, control, jurisdiction or advisory power. "Meeting" does not include: (A) Any meeting of a personnel search committee for executive level employment candidates; (B) any chance meeting, or a social meeting neither planned nor intended for the purpose of discussing matters relating to official business; (C) strategy or negotiations with respect to collective bargaining; (D) a caucus of members of a single political party notwithstanding that such members also constitute a quorum of a public agency; (E) negotiations between members of different political parties who are in a leadership position, with respect to proposed legislation or a proposed action of the public agency to which such members belong, notwithstanding that such members also constitute a quorum of a public agency; (F) an administrative or staff meeting of a single-member public agency; and (G) communication limited to notice of meetings of any public agency or the agendas thereof. A quorum of the members of a public agency who are present at any event which has been noticed and conducted as a meeting of another public agency under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act shall not be deemed to be holding a meeting of the public agency of which they are members as a result of their presence at such event. | |
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| 34 | 34 | ||
| 35 | 35 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 36 | 36 | Section 1 July 1, 2013 1-200(2) | |
| 37 | 37 | ||
| 38 | 38 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 39 | 39 | ||
| 40 | 40 | Section 1 | |
| 41 | 41 | ||
| 42 | 42 | July 1, 2013 | |
| 43 | 43 | ||
| 44 | 44 | 1-200(2) | |
| 45 | 45 | ||
| 46 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 46 | 47 | ||
| 48 | + | To exempt certain negotiations between the leaders of political parties from being considered a meeting for purposes of the Freedom of Information Act. | |
| 47 | 49 | ||
| 48 | - | GAE Joint Favorable | |
| 49 | - | ||
| 50 | - | GAE | |
| 51 | - | ||
| 52 | - | Joint Favorable | |
| 50 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] |