1-1-108 - Open Meetings

Pursuant to 24-6-402, C.R.S. 1973, the Commission shall conduct meetings according to the following requirements:

(1) All meetings of two or more members of the Commission at which any public business is discussed or at which any formal action is taken by the Commission, are declared to be public meetings, open to the public at all times, except as may be otherwise provided by the constitution.

(2) Any meetings at which the discussion or adoption of any proposed resolution, rule, regulation, or formal action occurs or at which a majority or quorum of the Commission is in attendance shall be held only after compliance with the notice requirements of Commission procedures. In the event no other notice provision is required by Commission procedures, notice of a Commission meeting subject to this section (2) shall be made by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the state, and by mailing a copy of the notice to every person on the Commission's mailing list at least five days prior to the meeting.

(3) The Director of the Commission shall maintain a mailing list of persons who request notification of all meetings or of meetings at which certain specified policies will be discussed. The Director shall update the list in January of each year by requesting every person on the list to return a statement to the Commission indicating their intent to remain on the list, their current address, and including payment of the $12.00 annual mailing list fee. The Director may waive the fee in appropriate cases.

(4) No resolution, rule, regulation, or formal action of the Commission shall be valid unless made at a meeting that complies with subsections (1) and (2) of this section.

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