La. Admin. Code tit. 72 § I-205

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section I-205 - Electronic Meeting Requirements and Limitations

A. The LULSTB shall not conduct more than one-third of its regularly scheduled meetings in a calendar year via electronic means and will only conduct successive meetings via electronic meetings as reasonably needed.

B. The presiding officer shall be present and shall preside over the meeting at the anchor location. The anchor location shall be open to the public. Any member of the public body or the LULSTB shall be allowed to participate in person at the anchor location.

C. A schedule of meetings shall be posted on the board's website, and annually on the boards and commission website.

D. In an electronic meeting, board members of the LULSTB, whether participating from the anchor location or via electronic means, shall be counted for the purpose of establishing a quorum and may vote.

E. The LULSTB shall identify and acknowledge all public comments inclusive of those received in person during the meeting and those received in writing or electronically before any submission deadline (if any) for the meeting and shall maintain those comments in its record of the meeting.

F. If the LULSTB is aware of a technical problem that causes the meeting to no longer be audible, or if applicable, visible and audible to the public the meeting shall be recessed until the problem is resolved. If the problem is not resolved within one hour, the meeting shall be adjourned, and the presiding officer shall make an effort to alert all participants to that fact.

G. An online archive of any open meetings conducted via electronic means shall be maintained and available for two years on the board's website.

H. A member of the advisory committee who participates in a meeting via electronic means shall not be eligible to receive per diem for attending the meeting virtually.

La. Admin. Code tit. 72, § I-205

Promulgated by Louisiana Uniform Local Sales Tax Board, LR 501294 (9/1/2024).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 42:17.2, R.S. 42:14, and R.S. 17.2.1.