House Bill hb0921er

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    2002 Legislature                                        HB 921



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  2         An act relating to the Indian River County

  3         Hospital District, Indian River County;

  4         amending chapter 61-2275, Laws of Florida;

  5         authorizing the board of trustees of the

  6         district to hold regular meetings for the

  7         transaction of business; providing an effective

  8         date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Section 6 of chapter 61-2275, Laws of

13  Florida, is amended to read:

14         Section 6.  The board of trustees shall hold regular

15  meetings not more than one (1) meeting each month for the

16  transaction of business according to a schedule arranged by

17  the board of trustees and shall convene in special sessions

18  when called by the chair Chairman of the board or by a

19  majority of the trustees of the board,; provided, that actions

20  taken at special meetings shall have the same force and effect

21  as if taken at a regular meeting, and; provided, further, that

22  no special meeting of said board shall be held until after a

23  public announcement is given 48 forty-eight (48) hours prior

24  to a special meeting, unless it is determined that an

25  emergency exists and that four (4) members of said board are

26  present at the special meeting or have filed, with the

27  presiding officer of said board, a written concurrence to the

28  convening of such special meeting for the purposes set forth

29  in the written concurrence. The required public announcement

30  shall be deemed to have been made when all radio and

31  television stations broadcasting from within the district and


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  1  when all newspapers having their main offices for publication

  2  located within the district have been notified of the proposed

  3  special meeting.

  4         All meetings, whether regular or special, of said board

  5  of trustees shall be open to the public, except that said

  6  board may meet in executive session for the discussion of or

  7  inquiry into matters relating to personnel, the medical staff,

  8  or patients of a hospital, clinic, or nursing home of the

  9  district, when, in the opinion of the trustees, the discussion

10  of or inquiry into such matters in a public meeting would not

11  serve the best interests of the personnel, medical staff, or

12  patients involved, or the interests of the district.

13         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

14  law.

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