The Ralph M. Brown Act - City of Huntington Beach

(2) Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed as discouraging healthauthority members from regularly meeting at a common physical site within the jurisdiction ofthe authority or from using teleconference locations within or near the jurisdiction of theauthority. A teleconference meeting for which a quorum is established pursuant to thissubdivision shall be subject to all other requirements of this section.(3) For purposes of this subdivision, a health authority means any entitycreated pursuant to Sections 14018.7, 14087.31, 14087.35, 14087.36, 14087.38 and 14087.9605of the Welfare and Institutions Code, any joint powers authority created pursuant to Article 1(commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 for the purpose of contractingpursuant to Section 14087.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and any advisory committee toa county sponsored health plan licensed pursuant to Chapter 2.2 (commencing withSection 1340) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code if the advisory committee has 12 ormore members.(4) This subdivision shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2009.§ 54953.1. Testimony of members before grand juryThe provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to prohibit the members of thelegislative body of a local agency from giving testimony in private before a grand jury, either asindividuals or as a body.§ 549353.2 Legislative body meetings to meet protections and prohibitions of theAmericans with Disabilities ActAll meetings of a legislative body of a local agency that are open and public shall meetthe protections and prohibitions contained in Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Actof 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12132), and the federal rules and regulations adopted inimplementation thereof.§ 54953.3. Conditions to attendanceA member of the public shall not be required, as a condition to attendance at a meeting ofa legislative body of a local agency, to register his or her name, to provide other information, tocomplete a questionnaire, or otherwise to fulfill any condition precedent to his or her attendance.If an attendance list, register, questionnaire, or other similar document is posted at or nearthe entrance to the room where the meeting is to be held, or is circulated to the persons presentduring the meeting, it shall state clearly that the signing, registering, or completion of thedocument is voluntary, and that all persons may attend the meeting regardless of whether aperson signs, registers, or completes the document.The Brown Act Update (2010) 5