‘Resolve, Directing the Right To Know Advisory Committee To Examine Issues Related to Communications of Members of Public Bodies’
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Second Regular Session - 124th Maine Legislature C "A", Filing Number H-704, Sponsored by
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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘Resolve, Directing the Right To Know Advisory Committee To Examine Issues Related to Communications of Members of Public Bodies’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. Right To Know Advisory Committee review and recommendations. Resolved: That the Right To Know Advisory Committee shall examine the following issues and include recommendations in the annual report due January 15, 2011 under Title 1, section 411, subsection 10 concerning:
1. How the freedom of access laws can appropriately address the use of communication technologies, both existing and those to be developed in the future, to ensure that decisions are made in proceedings that are open and accessible to the public;
2. If penalties for violations of the freedom of access laws should be revised, including consideration of criminalizing violations and making the individual who violates the laws responsible for the penalty, rather than the governmental entity; and
3. If partisan party caucuses should be specifically excluded from the definition of "public proceedings."’
SUMMARY
This amendment replaces the bill and changes it to a resolve.
This amendment directs the Right To Know Advisory Committee to examine and make recommendations on the following issues:
1. How the freedom of access laws can appropriately address the use of communication technologies, both existing and those to be developed in the future, to ensure that decisions are made in proceedings that are open and accessible to the public;
2. If penalties for violations of the freedom of access laws should be revised, including consideration of criminalizing violations and making the individual who violates the laws responsible for the penalty, rather than the governmental entity; and
3. If partisan party caucuses should be specifically excluded from the definition of "public proceedings."
The Right To Know Advisory Committee shall include its recommendations in its annual report due January 15, 2011.