(a) When providing public notice of a
commission meeting, the department shall include the date, time, and place of
the meeting, the general topics to be discussed or considered, and the
originating site of any teleconferencing facilities that will be used. If at
least three days remain before the date of the meeting, and unless
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44.33.818 or an applicable provision of this
chapter sets out a more stringent publication requirement, the department shall
publish notice of that meeting in a newspaper of general circulation in the
vicinity where the meeting will be held or teleconferenced. If time is
insufficient to arrange for publication of a complete notice as described in
this subsection, the department shall publish an abbreviated notice that
includes the date, time, and place of the meeting, the originating site of any
teleconferencing facilities that will be used, and a statement that additional
information regarding the meeting is available at the commission's offices and
on the commission's website. Before the date and time of the meeting, the
department shall
(1) post the complete notice
of the meeting on the commission's website;
(2) transmit the complete notice to
subscribers to the commission's electronic notice list;
(3) notify by telephone, electronic mail, or
facsimile transmission those persons whom the chair of the commission
determines to warrant notice by those means;
(4) mail or otherwise provide the complete
notice to each person who requests it; and
(5) mail or otherwise distribute notice as
directed by the commission chair.
(b) The department shall prepare an agenda of
each public meeting as directed by the chair, make the agenda available for
public inspection and copying at the commission's offices, post it on the
commission's website, serve it by electronic mail on subscribers to the
commission's electronic notice service, and mail or otherwise provide it to
each person who requests a copy. The department shall also make copies of the
agenda available at the public meeting.
(c) To the extent time permits, a public
meeting agenda must be available at least 48 hours before the scheduled time of
the meeting. If time does not allow that advanced publication, the agenda must
be posted and distributed as soon as it is available but no later than the date
of the meeting.
(d) If the
commission allows public testimony regarding a matter on the agenda or pending
before the commission, that testimony is limited to three minutes for each
person except that the chair may allow an extended period for good cause
shown.
