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DELEGATE JAMES: A point of inquiry from the

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Chair:

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Suppose both Houses of the General Assembly

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adopted a rule that would permit a committee or subcommittee

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of the General Assembly to meet in executive session. Do

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you think that would be valid?

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DELEGATE WILLONER; Under this proposal we use - -

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and of course when this was drafted I don't believe we had

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the local government section, but we used the language

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"By public general law", and the concept of the committee
any

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was clearly that before any meeting could be closed, it would

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be up to the legislature to provide by legislative enactment

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with veto or acceptance of the bill by the Governor.

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DELEGATE BENNETT: Would a meeting of the

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Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, where the question

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of a sewer or water line was to be laid, would that be open?

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DELEGATE WILLONER: Yes, unless otherwise protectec.

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by the legislature.

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DELEGATE BENNETT: What you are saying in effect

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is that you can drive a horse and wagon through this

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proviso; that it has so many exceptions, and it amounts to