California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 3 - Teachers' Retirement System › Chapter 1 - Teachers' Retirement System › Article 2 - Rules of Procedure › Section 20511 - Public Comment

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Public
				  comment will be limited to agenda items or to the subject matter within the
				  jurisdiction of the board or committee. Comments on subject matter not listed on the
				  agenda will be limited to those periods of time listed for general public
				  comment.
(b) Public comment for each
				  speaker is limited to three (3) minutes per agenda item and three (3) minutes during
				  the general comment period subject to subdivision (e).
(c) The presiding chair of the board or committee
				  may set, limit, or extend the amount of time allotted to each member of the public
				  and may set, limit, or extend the amount of time allotted to any public comment
				  period if the presiding chair determines that it is necessary for the orderly
				  conduct of business.
(d) The presiding
				  chair may group members of the public who wish to provide public comment together by
				  either topic or organization or by topic and organization.
(e) The presiding chair of the board or committee
				  may allow a member of the public to transfer their unused time for public comment to
				  another member of the public if the presiding chair determines that it is necessary
				  for the orderly conduct of business. In doing so, no member of the public shall
				  exceed nine (9) minutes of speaking time per agenda item and the general comment
				  period.
(f) Any member of the public may
				  submit comments in writing provided that such written comments are limited to items
				  listed on the agenda or within the board's or committee's subject matter
				  jurisdiction. To be included as a part of the administrative record for the board or
				  committee meeting, written comments must be provided to a designated member of the
				  staff.
(g) In order to provide public
				  comment as set forth in subdivisions (a) through (e), a member of the public is
				  encouraged to submit a request to provide public comment with their name, whether
				  they are 18 years of age or older, the agenda item number, and the topic they wish
				  to address. Completed public comment requests should be submitted to a designated
				  staff member prior to the start of the public comment period to secure time to
				  speak. Speakers will be called in the order in which the public comment requests are
				  received unless otherwise grouped or organized at the discretion of the presiding
				  chair. The presiding chair has the discretion to recognize additional
				  speakers.
(h) CalSTRS webcast, audio,
				  and video recording of the board and committee meetings is within the sound
				  discretion of the board. Nothing in this regulation shall be interpreted to limit
				  the public's right to record or broadcast subject to the restrictions set forth in
				  Government Code section
				  11124.1.
(i) The presiding chair may stop a member of the
				  public from providing further public comment or recess the meeting if they fail to
				  comply with any of the foregoing, are unduly repetitious, or if they engage in any
				  conduct that disrupts, disturbs, or otherwise impedes the orderly conduct of the
				  meeting as set forth in subdivision (j).
(j) In the event that any board or committee
				  meeting is willfully interrupted or disrupted by a person or by a group or groups of
				  persons so as to render the orderly conduct of the meeting infeasible, the presiding
				  chair of the board or committee may order the person, group or groups of persons
				  willfully interrupting the meeting to leave the meeting or be removed from the
				  meeting. Prior to removal, the presiding chair shall: notify the person, group, or
				  groups of persons that they are in non-compliance with meeting procedures; request
				  that they comply; and inform them of the consequences of non-compliance.
(k) CalSTRS reserves the right to inspect
				  packages, backpacks, purses, and similar containers prior to allowing entrance into
				  the board and committee meeting rooms.
(l) Access to the meeting room is subject to
				  applicable fire and safety codes, regulations, and policies.
1. New section
					 filed 6-29-2021; operative 10-1-2021 (Register 2021, No. 27). Filing deadline
					 specified in Government Code section
					 11349.3(a)
					 extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional 60
					 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-71-20. For prior history, see Register
					 85, No. 16.
Note: Authority cited: Section
						22305, Education
						Code; and Section
						11125.7,
						Government Code. Reference: Sections
						11120 and
						11125.7,
						Government Code.