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3 MINNESOTA STATUTES 2010 13D.02 <br /> means so long as the following conditions are met: <br /> (1)all members of the entity participating in the meeting,wherever their physical location, <br /> can hear one another and can hear all discussion and testimony; <br /> (2)members of the public present at the regular meeting location of the entity can hear all <br /> discussion and all votes of members of the entity and participate in testimony; <br /> (3) at least one member of the entity is physically present at the regular meeting location; <br /> and <br /> (4)all votes are conducted by roll call, so each member's vote on each issue can be <br /> identified and recorded. <br /> Subd. 3. Quorum; participation. Each member of the entity participating in a meeting <br /> by telephone or other electronic means is considered present at the meeting for purposes of <br /> determining a quonim and participating in all proceedings. <br /> Subd.4.Monitoring from remote site; costs.If telephone or another electronic means <br /> is used to conduct a meeting,the entity,to the extent practical, shall allow a person to monitor <br /> the meeting electronically from a remote location. The entity may require the person making a <br /> connection to pay for documented marginal costs that the entity incurs as a result of the additional <br /> connection. <br /> Subd. 5.Notice.If telephone or another electronic means is used to conduct a regular, <br /> special, or emergency meeting, the entity shall provide notice of the regular meeting location, <br /> of the fact that some members may participate by electronic means, and of the provisions of <br /> subdivision 4. The timing and method of providing notice is governed by section 13D.04.In <br /> addition, the entity must post the notice on its Web site at least ten days before the meeting. <br /> History: 2009 c 80 s 1 <br /> 13D.02 MEETINGS CONDUCTED BY INTERACTIVE TV; CONDITIONS. <br /> Subdivision 1. Conditions.A meeting governed by section 13D.01,subdivisions 1,2,4, <br /> and 5,and this section may be conducted by interactive television so long as: <br /> (1)all members of the body participating in the meeting,wherever their physical location, <br /> can hear and see one another and can hear and see all discussion and testimony presented at any <br /> location at which at least one member is present; <br /> (2)members of the public present at the regular meeting location of the body can hear and <br /> see all discussion and testimony and all votes of members of the body; <br /> (3)at least one member of the body is physically present at the regular meeting location;and <br /> (4) each location at which a member of the body is present is open and accessible to the <br /> public. <br /> Subd.2.Members are present for quorum,participation.Each member of a body <br /> participating in a meeting by electronic means is considered present at the meeting for purposes <br /> of determining a quorum and participating in all proceedings. <br /> Subd. 3. Monitoring from remote site; costs.If interactive television is used to conduct <br /> a meeting, to the extent practical, a public body shall allow a person to monitor the meeting <br /> electronically from a remote location. The body may require the person making such a connection <br /> to pay for documented marginal costs that the public body incurs as a result of the additional <br /> Copyright 0 2010 by the Office of the Revisor of Statutes,State of Minnesota.All Rights Reserved. <br />