HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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"Meet" § 10-501 "Public body" § 10-501
"Quasi-legislative function" § 10-501

10-506. NOTICE OF OPEN SESSION.

(A)  REQUIRED.

BEFORE MEETING IN A SESSION THAT THIS SUBTITLE REQUIRES TO
BE OPEN, A PUBLIC BODY SHALL GIVE REASONABLE ADVANCE NOTICE OF
THE SESSION.

(B)  FORM.

WHENEVER REASONABLE, A NOTICE UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL:
(1) BE IN WRITING; AND
    (2) INCLUDE THE DATE, TIME, AND PLACE OF THE SESSION.

(C)  METHOD.

A PUBLIC BODY MAY GIVE THE NOTICE UNDER THIS SECTION AS
FOLLOWS:

(1)  BY PUBLICATION IN THE MARYLAND REGISTER;

(2)  BY DELIVERY TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NEWS MEDIA
WHO REGULARLY REPORT ON SESSIONS OF THE PUBLIC BODY OR THE
ACTIVITIES OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT;

(3)  IF THE PUBLIC BODY PREVIOUSLY HAS GIVEN PUBLIC
NOTICE THAT THIS METHOD WILL BE USED, BY POSTING OR DEPOSITING
THE NOTICE AT A CONVENIENT PUBLIC LOCATION AT OR NEAR THE PLACE
OF THE SESSION; OR

(4)  BY ANY OTHER REASONABLE METHOD.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from former Art. 76A, §
12(b), (c), and the first sentence of (a).

In subsection (a) of this section, the clause

"[b]efore meeting in a session that this subtitle

requires to be open" is substituted for the former

limitation "[s]ubject to the provisions of § 9," for
clarity.

In subsection (c)(1) of this section, the former
limitation "if it is a State agency" is deleted as
unnecessary in light of the revision of this subtitle
to apply only to State units. Cf. Art. 24, § 4-106 of
the Code.

The second sentence of former Art. 76A, § 12(a), which
stated that notice of a closed session shall be "as