Tennessee SB 623: Public Records - As enacted, requires the office of open records counsel to facilitate the convening of meetings of the advisory committee on open government, including selecting a date for the required annual meeting in the absence of co-chairs. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 4, Part 6.

Bill Text

House State & Local Government 1

Amendment No. 1 to HB0857

Crawford
Signature of Sponsor

AMEND Senate Bill No. 623* House Bill No. 857

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by deleting all language after the enacting clause and substituting:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-4-603(a), is amended by adding
the following as a new subdivision:
(4) The office of open records counsel shall facilitate the convening of meetings
of the advisory committee on open government. As used in this subdivision (a)(4),
"facilitate" means:
(A) Selecting a date for the required annual meeting if:
(i) The advisory committee has failed to elect co-chairs under
subdivision (a)(2); and
(ii) A majority of the members of the advisory committee make a
written request, which includes communication of such request by email,
to the office of open records counsel to select a date for the required
annual meeting;
(B) Reserving a room for the advisory committee to meet in the offices of
the comptroller of the treasury;
(C) Posting on the comptroller's website:
(i) Notice of meetings of the advisory committee;
(ii) Minutes of meetings as provided to the office of open records
counsel by the advisory committee; and
(iii) Meeting agendas as provided to the office of open records
counsel by the advisory committee; provided, however, that if a meeting

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is called pursuant to this subdivision (a)(4), members of the advisory
committee shall submit any items they seek to be addressed in the
meeting to the open records counsel at least seventy-two (72) hours in
advance of the meeting, and the open records counsel shall create an
agenda from the items submitted by the members of the advisory
committee; and
(D) Providing an electronic method by which the committee may allow
participation by electronic means pursuant to § 8-44-108, as applicable.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.