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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 583
BY SENATOR PETERSON
PUBLIC MEETINGS. Revises the Open Meetings Law. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 42:6.1(E), relative to open meetings law; to provide an exception to open2
meetings law for certain gatherings of municipal and parish governing authorities;3
and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 42:6.1(E) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 6
ยง6.1. Exceptions to open meetings 7
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E. The provisions of R.S. 42:4.1 through R.S. 42:12 shall not apply to any9
gathering of members of a municipal governing authority or parish governing10
authority at which only presentations are made to members of the governing11
authority, or at which matters of public policy are discussed with the chief12
executive officer of the municipality or parish, if no vote or other action,13
including formal or informal polling of members, is taken.14
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not15
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature16
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If17 SB NO. 583
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vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become1
effective on the day following such approval.2
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alden A. Clement, Jr.
DIGEST
Present law provides various exceptions to present law relative to open meetings.
Proposed law adds an exception to present law relative to open meetings for any gathering
of members of a municipal governing authority or parish governing authority at which only
presentations are made to members of the governing authority, or at which matters of public
policy are discussed with the chief executive officer of the municipality or parish, if no vote
or other action, including formal or informal polling of members, is taken.
Proposed law otherwise retains present law.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 42:6.1(E)