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• 2 MINNESOTA STATUTES 2010 13D.015 Subd.2.Exceptions. This chapter does not apply (1)to meetings of the commissioner of corrections; (2)to a state agency,board,or commission when it is exercising quasi-judicial functions involving disciplinary proceedings; or (3)as otherwise expressly provided by statute. Subd. 3. Subject of and grounds for closed meeting.Before closing a meeting, a public body shall state on the record the specific grounds permitting the meeting to be closed and describe the subject to be discussed. Subd.4. Votes to be kept in journal.(a)The votes of the members of the state agency, board,commission, or department; or of the governing body,committee, subcommittee,board, department,or commission on an action taken in a meeting required by this section to be open to the public must be recorded in a journal kept for that purpose. (b)The vote of each member must be recorded on each appropriation of money,except for payments of judgments,claims, and amounts fixed by statute. Subd.5.Public access to journal.The journal must be open to the public during all normal business hours where records of the public body are kept. Subd. 6.Public copy of members' materials.(a)In any meeting which under subdivisions 1, 2,4,and 5, and section 13D.02 must be open to the public, at least one copy of any printed materials relating to the agenda items of the meeting prepared or distributed by or at the direction of the governing body or its employees and: (1)distributed at the meeting to all members of the governing body; (2)distributed before the meeting to all members; or (3)available in the meeting room to all members; shall be available in the meeting room for inspection by the public while the governing body considers their subject matter. (b)This subdivision does not apply to materials classified by law as other than public as defined in chapter 13, or to materials relating to the agenda items of a closed meeting held in accordance with the procedures in section 13D.03 or other law permitting the closing of meetings. History: 1957 c 773 s 1; 1967 c 462 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1973 c 654 s 15; 1973 c 680 s 1,3; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1981 c 174 s 1; 1983 c 137 s 1; 1983 c 274 s 18; 1984 c 462 s 27,- 1987 c 313 s 1; 1990 c 550 s 2,3; 1991 c 292 art 8 s 12; 1991 c 319 s 22; 1994 c 618 art 1 s 39; 1997c154s2; 1Sp2001 c10 art 4s1; 2010 c 359 art 12 s 3 13D.015 MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS. Subdivision 1.Application.This section applies to: (1)a state agency,board,commission,or department, and a statewide public pension plan defined in section 356A.01, subdivision 24; and (2) a committee, subcommittee,board, department, or commission of an entity listed in clause (1). Subd.2. Conditions.An entity listed in subdivision 1 may conduct a meeting governed by this section and section 13D.01, subdivisions 1,2,4,and 5,by telephone or other electronic Copyright 0 2010 by the Office of the Revisor of Statutes,State of Minnesota.All Rights Reserved.