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VIRGINIA
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
ADVISORY COUNCIL
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
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2013
Subcommittees
For
2013, the FOIA Council appointed two subcommittees to study
FOIA legislation as detailed in items numbered 1 and 2 below.
1. Electronic
Meetings Subcommittee
The Electronic
Meetings Subcommittee will study HB 2032 (May)(which would
allow regional public bodies to conduct electronic meetings
in the same manner as state public bodies, among other provisions)
and SB 889 (Black)(which would allow local school boards to
hold electronic communication meetings to the same extent
allowed currently for state public bodies, and make technical
amendments), referred to the FOIA Council by the 2013 Session
of the General Assembly. The Subcommittee consists of Council
members Kathleen Dooley, Stephanie Hamlett, John Selph, and
George Whitehurst.
Meetings
Scheduled:
Monday, May 20, 2013, 1:30 p.m., 5th Floor East Conference
Room,General Assembly Bldg
Agenda
Summary
Thursday,
June 6, 2013, 10 a.m., 5th Floor West Conference Room,General
Assembly Bldg
Agenda
Summary
2. Rights
and Remedies Subcommittee
The Rights and
Remedies Subcommittee will study HB 2125 (Keam)(which would
provide that FOIA requests may be made by any citizen of the
United States and not just citizens of the Commonwealth),
HB 2321 (Surovell)(which would make the State Corporation
Commission (SCC) subject to FOIA and designates venue for
FOIA petitions against the SCC), and SB 1371 (Stuart)(which,
among other provisions, would allow a public body to petition
the appropriate court for additional time to respond to a
request for records when the request is one of a series of
requests by the same requester and a response by the public
body within the time required by FOIA will prevent the public
body from meeting its operational responsibilities), referred
to the FOIA Council by the 2013 Session of the General Assembly.
The Subcommittee consists of Council members Stephanie Hamlett,
Ed Jones, Frosty Landon, James Schliessmann, and Bob Tavenner,
as well as industry representative David Ogburn and a member
to be appointed by the SCC.
Meetings
Scheduled:
Monday, May 20, 2013, 10:30 a.m., 5th Floor East Conference
Room,General Assembly Bldg
Agenda
Summary
Tuesday,
August 20, 2013, 1:00 p.m., 6th Floor Speaker's Conference
Room, General Assembly Bldg
Draft legislation proposed by Delegate
Surovell
Comments to FOIA
Summary
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