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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to resilience -related advisory 2
committees; amending s. 286.011, F.S.; authorizing 3
specified resilience -related advisory committees to 4
conduct public meetings and workshops by means of 5
communications media technology; providing that use of 6
such technology by a committee member constitutes that 7
member's presence at such meeting or workshop; 8
requiring that such technology allow the public t o 9
audibly communicate; providing notice requirements for 10
public meetings or workshops conducted by means of 11
communications media technology; providing 12
construction; providing an effective date. 13
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15
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Section 1. Subsection (9) is added to section 286.011, 17
Florida Statutes, to read: 18
286.011 Public meetings and records; public inspection; 19
criminal and civil penalties. — 20
(9)(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, 21
resilience-related advisory committees whose membership is 22
composed solely of representatives of four or more counties, 23
when there is at least 200 miles of geographic distance between 24
the county seats of the two most distant counties, may conduct 25
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public meetings and workshops by means of communications media 26
technology as defined in s. 120.54(5)(b)2. An advisory committee 27
member who participates in a meeting or workshop by means of 28
communications media technology is deemed to be present at such 29
meeting or workshop. For the purpos e of this paragraph, the 30
communications media technology must allow for all persons 31
attending such public meeting or workshop to audibly 32
communicate, as would be allowed if they were physically 33
present. 34
(b) The notice for such a meeting or workshop must state 35
whether it will be conducted using communications media 36
technology, how an interested person may participate, and the 37
locations of any facilities where communications media 38
technology will be available. 39
(c) Any other laws applicable to public meeti ngs or 40
workshops conducted by means of communications media technology 41
must be liberally construed in their application to meetings and 42
workshops conducted as provided in this subsection. 43
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 44