Ohio Administrative Code › Title 6121 - Ohio Water Development Authority › Chapter 6121-1 - General Provisions › Section 6121-1-14 - Notice to news media of special meetings

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Any news media that desire to be given
			 advance notification of special meetings of this authority shall file with the
			 secretary-treasurer a written request therefor. Except in the event of an
			 emergency requiring immediate official action as referred to in paragraph (D)
			 of this rule, a special meeting shall not be held unless at least twenty-four
			 hours advance notice of the time, place and purposes of such special meeting is
			 given to the news media that have requested such advance notification in
			 accordance with paragraph (B) of this rule.
(B) News media requests for such advance
			 notification of special meetings shall specify the name of the medium and the
			 name and address of the person to whom written notifications to the medium may
			 be mailed , electronically transmitted or delivered, and the names, addresses
			 and telephone numbers (including addresses and telephone numbers at which
			 notifications may be given either during or outside of business hours) of at
			 least two persons to either one of whom oral notifications to the medium may be
			 given and at least one telephone number which the request identifies as being
			 manned, and which can be called at any hour for the purpose of giving such
			 notification to such medium. Any such request shall be effective for one year
			 from the date of filing with the secretary-treasurer or until the
			 secretary-treasurer receives written notice from such medium canceling or
			 modifying such request, whichever is earlier. Each requesting news medium shall
			 be informed of such period of effectiveness at the time it files its request.
			 Such requests may be modified or extended only by filing a complete new request
			 with the secretary-treasurer. A request shall not be deemed to be made unless
			 it is complete in all respects, and such request may be conclusively relied on
			 by this authority and the secretary-treasurer.
(C) Except as provided in paragraph (D) of
			 this rule, the secretary-treasurer shall give such oral notification or written
			 notification, or both, as the secretary-treasurer determines, to the news media
			 that have requested such advance notification in accordance with paragraph (B)
			 of this rule, of the time, place and purposes of each special meeting as will
			 provide for receipt of such notification at least twenty-four hours prior to
			 the time of such special meeting.
(D) In the event of an emergency requiring
			 immediate official action, a special meeting may be held without giving
			 twenty-four hours advance notification thereof to the requesting news media.
			 The persons calling such meeting, or any one or more of such persons or the
			 secretary-treasurer on their behalf, shall immediately give oral notification
			 or written notification, or both, as the person or persons giving such
			 notification determine, of the time, place and purposes of such special meeting
			 to such news media that have requested such advance notification in accordance
			 with paragraph (B) of this rule. The minutes or the call, or both, of any such
			 special meeting shall state the general nature of the emergency requiring
			 immediate official action.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				03/28/2014 and
				03/28/2019
Promulgated
				Under:
				111.15
Statutory Authority:
				6121.04,
				6121.21
Rule Amplifies:
				121.22,
				6121.04,
				6121.21
Prior Effective Dates: 5/21/78,
				8/26/04