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House rejects conference report on revisions to Utah Open and Public Meetings Act
Summary
A proposed conference committee revision to the Open and Public Meetings Act that would have allowed very small special districts to keep recorded minutes in lieu of written permanent minutes failed on the House floor after extended debate over scope and off-agenda discussion rules.
A conference committee report on the second substitute to House Bill 16, revisions to the Open and Public Meetings Act, failed on the Utah House floor after an extended debate over what small local entities must keep as the official public record.
Representative Donaldson, sponsor of the conference report, said the measure would exempt independent special districts and other local districts with annual expenditures under $50,000 (excluding capital expenditures and debt service) from the requirement to produce written permanent minutes and instead allow them to keep either written minutes or audio recordings and to seek limited waivers…
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