940 CMR 29.04 - Certification
(1) For local
public bodies, the municipal clerk, and for all other public bodies, the
appointing authority, executive director, or other appropriate administrator or
their designees, shall, upon a public body member's qualification for office,
either deliver to the public body member, or require the public body member to
obtain from the Attorney General's website, the following educational
materials:
(a) The Attorney General's
Open Meeting Law Guide, which will include an explanation of
the requirements of the Open Meeting Law; the Open Meeting Law, M.G.L. c. 30A,
§§ 18 through 25; and
940 CMR
29.00.
(b)
A copy of each Open Meeting Law determination issued to that public body by the
Attorney General within the last five years in which the Attorney General found
a violation of M.G.L. c. 30A, §§ 18 through 25. Open Meeting Law
determinations are available at the Attorney General's website.
(2) Educational materials may be
delivered to public body members by paper copy or in digital form.
(3) Within two weeks after receipt of the
educational materials, the public body member shall certify, on the form
prescribed by the Attorney General, receipt of the educational materials. The
municipal clerk, appointing authority, executive director or other appropriate
administrator, or their designees, shall maintain the signed certification for
each such person, indicating the date the person received the
materials.
(4) An individual
serving on multiple public bodies must sign a certification for each public
body on which he or she serves. A public body member does not need to sign a
separate certification when joining a subcommittee of the public
body.
(5) A public body member must
sign a new certification upon reelection or reappointment to the public
body.
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