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Bill to require interagency permitting discussions follow open‑meetings law laid over after agencies raise concerns
Summary
House File 1202 would apply Minnesota’s open‑meetings law to interagency groups of state employees making recommendations regarding permitting decisions; committee adopted a technical A1 amendment and laid the bill over for further work.
House File 1202, sponsored by Representative Duran, would require that interagency groups of state employees making recommendations regarding permitting decisions follow Minnesota’s open‑meetings law and post schedules and procedures for meetings online.
At the committee hearing the bill’s author said the measure "ensures these meetings are open to the public" and is intended to increase transparency in permitting decisions that may affect air, water and land quality. Representative Duran said the bill "does not create a new regulatory process; it simply ensures that existing open meeting laws [apply] when agencies collaborate." The author also offered and the committee…
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