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SESSION ENROLLED VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY –– CHAPTER E An Act to amend and reenact § 2.2-3708.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act;
VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- 2024 SESSION CHAPTER 56 An Act to amend and reenact § 2.2-3708.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act;
R O [H 894] Approved L L Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
[H 894] Approved March 8, 2024 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
E § 2.2-3708.3.
§ 2.2-3708.3.
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situations other than declared states of emergency.
Public bodies are encouraged to (i) provide public access, both in person and through electronic communication means, to public meetings and (ii) provide avenues for public comment at public meetings when public comment is customarily received, which may include public comments made in person or by electronic communication means or other methods.
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Public bodies are encouraged to (i) provide public access, both in person and through electronic communication means, to public meetings and (ii) provide avenues for public comment at public meetings when public comment is customarily received, which may include public comments made in perB.
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The member has a temporary or permanent disability or other medical condition that preven8s the mem2.
The member has a temporary or permanent disability or other medical condition that prevents the member's physical attendance;
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subsection, the public body holding the meeting shall record in its minutes the remote location from which the member participated;
If participation by a member through electronic communication means is approved pursuant to this subsection, the public body holding the meeting shall record in its minutes the remote location from which the member participated;
If participation is approved pursuant to subdivision 3, the public body shall also include in distance between the member's principal residence and the meeting location.
If participation is approved pursuant to subdivision 3, the public body shall also include in its minutes the fact that the member participated through electronic communication means due to the distance between the member's principal residence and the meeting location.
With the exception of local governing bodies, local school boards, planning commissions, architectural review boards, zoning appeals boards, and boards with the authority to deny, revoke, or provided that the public body follows the other requirements in this chapter for meetings, the public body has adopted a policy as described in subsection D, and:
With the exception of local governing bodies, local school boards, planning commissions, architectural review boards, zoning appeals boards, and boards with the authority to deny, revoke, or suspend a professional or occupational license, any public body may hold all-virtual public meetings, provided that the public body follows the other requirements in this chapter for meetings, the public body has adopted a policy as described in subsection D, and:
The electronic communication means used allows the public to hear all members of the public the members of the public body as well.
The electronic communication means used allows the public to hear all members of the public body participating in the all-virtual public meeting and, when audio-visual technology is available, to see the members of the public body as well.
When audio-visual technology is available, a member of able, to see public body shall, for purposes of a quorum, be considered absent from any portion of the meeting of 2 during which visual communication with the member is voluntarily disconnected or otherwise fails or during which audio communication involuntarily fails;
When audio-visual technology is available, a member of a public body shall, for purposes of a quorum, be considered absent from any portion of the meeting during which visual communication with the member is voluntarily disconnected or otherwise fails or during which audio communication involuntarily fails;
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