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Introduced Session

This bill would amend the "Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act," P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-6 et seq.) to require a municipal governing body to provide electronic notice of any meeting of the municipal governing body through the Internet. A municipal governing body would be permitted to meet without providing electronic notice in the event of an urgent matter. The bill requires an electronic notice made available by a municipal governing body to include any documents relevant to the scheduled deliberations. The bill creates an exception for certain documents that are deemed confidential under P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.), known as the open public records act, for documents related to discussions of the municipal governing body from which the public is excluded, and for documents that counsel to the municipality has advised the presiding officer of the governing body of the municipality would cause substantial harm to the municipality if released via electronic notice prior to formal action. The bill also provides for State reimbursement through the Department of the Treasury for additional costs incurred by a municipality to comply with the requirements of the bill.

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Bob Auth (R)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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