AB64

The Open Meeting Law requires that meetings of public bodies be open to the public, with limited exceptions set forth specifically in statute. (NRS 241.020) Existing law defines the term “meeting” for purposes of the Open Meeting Law and provides that the term does not include certain gatherings by members of a public body to receive information from the attorney employed or retained by the public body regarding potential or existing litigation involving a matter over which the public body has supervision, control, jurisdiction or advisory power and to deliberate toward a decision on the matter, or both. (NRS 241.015) Section 1 of this bill provides instead that a “meeting” does not include certain gatherings by members of a public body to: (1) receive legal advice from the attorney employed or retained by the public body regarding a matter over which the public body has supervision, control, jurisdiction or advisory power; and (2) deliberate on the matter, provided such deliberation is limited to the legal advice. With certain exceptions, existing law authorizes a public body to conduct a meeting by means of a remote technology system but prohibits a public body from holding a meeting to consider a contested case or a regulation by means of a remote technology system unless there is a physical location for the meeting where members of the general public are permitted to attend and participate. (NRS 241.023) Section 4 of this bill prohibits instead a public body from holding