PRINTER'S NO. 1468
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1155
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY CHRISTIANA, KILLION, MURT, CUTLER, RAPP, COHEN,
MALONEY, KNOWLES, HELM, MOUL AND MILNE, MAY 6, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MAY 6, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in open meetings, further providing
for public notice; and providing for notification of agency
business required.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 709 of Title 65 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
§ 709. Public notice.
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(c.1) Notification of agency business to be considered.--In
addition to any public notice required under this section, an
agency shall provide the following notification of agency
business to be considered at a public meeting as follows:
(1) The agency shall post the agenda, which includes a
listing of each matter of agency business that will be or may
be the subject of deliberation or official action at the
meeting, on its publicly accessible Internet website no later
than 24 hours in advance of the time of the convening of the
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meeting.
(2) The agency shall post the agenda, which includes a
listing of each matter of agency business that will be or may
be the subject of deliberation or official action at the
meeting, at the location of the meeting.
(3) The agency shall make available to individuals in
attendance at the meeting copies of the agenda, which include
a listing of each matter of agency business that will be or
may be the subject of deliberation or official action at the
meeting.
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Section 2. Title 65 is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 712.1. Notification of agency business required.
(a) Official action.--Except as provided in subsection (b),
an agency may not take official action on a matter of agency
business at a meeting if the matter was not included in the
notification required under section 709(c.1) (relating to public
notice).
(b) Emergency business.--An agency may take official action
on a matter of agency business relating to a real or potential
emergency involving a clear and present danger to life or
property at an emergency meeting regardless of whether public
notice was given for the meeting.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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