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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(a) If the open meetings law requires that the public be able to observe all or part of a meeting of a public agency in real time:
(1) The public agency shall permit the public to observe a virtual meeting or the part of the virtual meeting that would be required to be open to the public if it were part of an in-person meeting; and
(2) The public agency shall provide the technological means to allow the members of the public who observe the virtual meeting to see and hear or, if the public agency conducts the meeting by audio-only access under § 6-9C-5(d) of this code, to hear any members of the public authorized by the public agency to speak in the meeting.
(b) A document, exhibit, or other record presented to a public agency at a virtual meeting that, under the open meetings law, would have been available to the public at an in-person meeting, including members of the public observing or participating in a virtual meeting under § 6-9C-7 of this code, shall be made available to the public at the same time as the virtual meeting to the extent practicable.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - West Virginia Code Chapter 6. General Provisions Respecting Officers § 6-9C-6. Public observation - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wv/chapter-6-general-provisions-respecting-officers/wv-code-sect-6-9c-6/
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