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The Ralph M. Brown Act - City of Huntington Beach

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§ 54950. Declaration, intent; sovereignty<strong>The</strong> <strong>Brown</strong> <strong>Act</strong>Current through 2009 Legislative sessionIn enacting this chapter, the Legislature finds and declares that the public commissions,boards and councils and the other public agencies in this State exist to aid in the conduct <strong>of</strong> thepeople's business. It is the intent <strong>of</strong> the law that their actions be taken openly and that theirdeliberations be conducted openly.<strong>The</strong> people <strong>of</strong> this State do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies which serve them.<strong>The</strong> people, in delegating authority, do not give their public servants the right to decide what isgood for the people to know and what is not good for them to know. <strong>The</strong> people insist onremaining informed so that they may retain control over the instruments they have created.§ 54950.5. Short titleThis chapter shall be known as the <strong>Ralph</strong> M. <strong>Brown</strong> <strong>Act</strong>.§ 54951. Local agency, definitionAs used in this chapter, "local agency" means a county, city, whether general law orchartered, city and county, town, school district, municipal corporation, district, politicalsubdivision, or any board, commission or agency there<strong>of</strong>, or other local public agency.§ 54952. Legislative body, definitionAs used in this chapter, "legislative body" means:(a) <strong>The</strong> governing body <strong>of</strong> a local agency or any other local body created by state orfederal statute.(b) A commission, committee, board, or other body <strong>of</strong> a local agency, whetherpermanent or temporary, decisionmaking or advisory, created by charter, ordinance, resolution,or formal action <strong>of</strong> a legislative body. However, advisory committees, composed solely <strong>of</strong> themembers <strong>of</strong> the legislative body that are less than a quorum <strong>of</strong> the legislative body are notlegislative bodies, except that standing committees <strong>of</strong> a legislative body, irrespective <strong>of</strong> theircomposition, which have a continuing subject matter jurisdiction, or a meeting schedule fixed bycharter, ordinance, resolution, or formal action <strong>of</strong> a legislative body are legislative bodies forpurposes <strong>of</strong> this chapter.(c) (1) A board, commission, committee, or other multimember body that governsa private corporation, limited liability company, or other entity that either:<strong>The</strong> <strong>Brown</strong> <strong>Act</strong> Update (2010) 1

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