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SDLRC - Chapter 72017 Session Laws2017 Session Laws
Public notice requirements revised
for meetings and written comments.
ENTITLED, An Act to revise certain requirements for a public notice of a public meeting.
Section 1. That § 1-25-1.3 be amended to read:
1-25-1.3. The state and each state board, commission, or department shall provide public notice, with proposed agenda, that is visible, readable, and accessible to the public for at least two continuous days, as that time period is computed pursuant to § 15-6-6(a), immediately preceding any meeting, of a meeting by posting a copy of the notice proposed agenda at the principal office of the public body holding the meeting. The proposed agenda shall include the date, time, and location of the meeting, be visible, readable, and accessible to the public. The agenda shall be posted at least seventy-two hours before the meeting is scheduled to start according to the agenda. The seventy-two hours does not include the day the agenda is posted nor Saturday, Sunday, or legal holidays. The notice shall also be posted on the public body's website upon dissemination of the notice, if such a website exists. For any special or rescheduled meeting, the information in the notice shall be delivered in person, by mail, by email, or by telephone, to members of the local news media who have requested notice. For any special or rescheduled meeting, each public body shall also comply with the public notice provisions of this section for a regular meeting to the extent that circumstances permit. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Section 2. That § 1-26-4 be amended to read:
1-26-4. The following notice, service, and public hearing procedure shall be used to adopt, amend, or repeal a permanent rule:
(2) After receiving the written approval of the secretary, commissioner, or officer to proceed, the agency shall serve the director with a copy of: the proposed rules; any publication described in § 1-26-6.6; the fiscal note described in § 1-26-4.2; the impact statement on small business described in § 1-26-2.1; and the notice of hearing required by § 1-26-4.1. The copy of these documents shall be served at least twenty days before the public hearing to adopt the proposed rules. Any publication described in § 1-26-6.6 shall be returned to the agency upon completion of the director's review and retained by the agency. Also, twenty days before the public hearing, the agency
shall serve the commissioner of the Bureau of Finance and Management with a copy of: the proposed rules; the fiscal note described in § 1-26-4.2; the impact statement on small business described in § 1-26-2.1; and the notice of hearing required by § 1-26-4.1;
(6) If the agency is headed by authority promulgating the rule is a secretary, commissioner, or officer, the agency shall accept written comments regarding the proposed rule for a period of ten days after the public hearing. If the agency authority promulgating the rule is a part-time citizen board, commission, committee, or task force, the each interested person is required to submit written comments at least seventy-two hours before the public hearing. The seventy-two hours does not include the day of the public hearing. The written comments may be submitted by mail or email. The record of written comments shall may be closed at the conclusion of the public hearing. However, the hearing may be specifically continued for the purpose of taking additional comments;
Section 3. That § 1-26-4.1 be amended to read:
1-26-4.1. The notice of a public hearing of an agency's intent to adopt, amend, or repeal a rule shall be published in a manner selected to notify persons likely to be affected by the proposed rule. At a minimum the notice of the public hearing shall be published in at least three newspapers of general circulation in different parts of the state. The provisions of chapter 17-2 do not apply to notices required by this section.
Signed February 1, 2017