Title: Regional Agency and Regional Planning Council Meetings

Summary: Provides requirements for establishing quorum for meetings of certain agencies & councils when voting member appears via telephone, real-time videoconferencing, or similar real-time electronic or video communication; requires notice of intent to appear via telephone, real-time videoconferencing, or similar real-time electronic or video communication by specified time.

Full Text:
An act relating to regional agency and regional planning council meetings; amending s. 120.525, F.S.; providing requirements for establishing a quorum for meetings of certain agencies and councils when a voting member appears via telephone, real-time videoconferencing, or similar real-time electronic or video communication; requiring notice of intent to appear via telephone, real-time videoconferencing, or similar real-time electronic or video communication by a specified time; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsection (4) is added to section 120.525, Florida Statutes, to read: 120.525 Meetings, hearings, and workshops.-(4) For purposes of establishing a quorum at meetings of regional agencies and regional planning councils that cover three or more counties, a voting member who appears via telephone, real-time videoconferencing, or similar real-time electronic or video communication that is broadcast publicly at the meeting location may be counted towards the quorum requirement if at least one-third of the voting members of such regional agency or regional planning council are phy sically HB 2018 present at the meeting location. A member must provide oral, written, or electronic notice of his or her intent to appear via telephone, real-time videoconferencing, or similar real-time electronic or video communication to the regional agency or regional planning council at least hours before the scheduled meeting. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.