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| 3 | 3 | | HB 157 2024 |
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| 10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to governing body meetings; amending 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | s. 166.0213, F.S.; authorizing governing bodies of 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | municipalities to convene meetings and conduct 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | official business via teleconferencing or other 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | technological means if certain conditions are met; 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | providing limitations on such meetings; providing that 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | the limitations placed on such meetings may be 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | suspended upon a declared state of emergency; 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | providing an effective date. 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Section 1. Subsection (3) is added to section 166.0213, 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Florida Statutes, to read: 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 166.0213 Governing body meetings. — 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (3)(a) The governing body of a municipality ma y convene 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | meetings and conduct official business via teleconferencing or 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | other technological means as long as such meetings meet all of 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | the requirements for public notice, public access, and public 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | participation. A governing body may not convene meetings v ia 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | teleconferencing or other technological means more than two 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | times per calendar year. Meetings that include formal action on 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ordinances or are quasi -judicial hearings may not be conducted 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | via teleconferencing or other technological means. 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (b) The limitations placed on meetings conducted via 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | teleconferencing or other technological means under paragraph 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (a) may be suspended upon the declaration of a state of 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | emergency issued by the Governor pursuant to chapter 252. 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Section 2. This act shall take effec t July 1, 2024. 30 |
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