Current through Register Vol. XLII, No. 1, January 3, 2025
Section 109-1-5 - Meetings5.1. Regular and special meetings. -- The Commission shall hold at least three (3) meetings in each fiscal year, one (1) of which meetings shall be held in July and shall be the annual meeting. Such meetings shall be held on such dates and at such places as the Chairman may prescribe. Additional meetings may be held at the call of the chairman or upon written request of three (3) members at such time and place as designated in such call or request. Four (4) members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum.5.2. Executive committee meetings. -- The State Tax Commissioner, the Treasurer of the State and the Auditor of the State shall constitute the executive committee of the Municipal Bond Commission. The executive committee is vested with all powers of the Commission when it is not in session, except that the executive committee may not overrule, reverse or disregard any action of the full Commission. Action of the executive committee shall be taken by resolution adopted by a majority of the executive committee. The chairman may call meetings of the executive committee at any time.5.3. Time and location of meetings. -- All meetings of the Commission and executive committee shall be held only during normal working hours and only at reasonable locations as to be accessible to the public.5.4. Member and public announcement of meetings. -- Under call of a Commission or executive committee meeting by its chairman not specified as to time or date or upon written request of three (3) members, the executive secretary shall arrange a time and date for the meeting which is agreeable to its members. Formal notice of the meeting, time, date, location and agenda shall be made in writing to each member by the chairman. The executive secretary shall prepare a notice of meeting, specifying its time, date, location and purpose, duly signed by the chairman and distribute it to the public not later than five p.m. Thursday of the week preceding the meeting by (a) registering the notice of meeting with the office of the Secretary of State, (b) having the notice published in the state register for the following week, and (c) distributing not less than seven (7) copies of the notice to the press room in the State Capitol.5.5. Meetings open to the public. -- Under the provisions of article nine-a, chapter six of the West Virginia Code, the meetings of the Commission shall be conducted in an open and public manner. The Commission may make and enforce reasonable Rules and Regulations for attendance at any meeting where there is not room enough for all members of the public who wish to attend and may remove from a meeting any member of the public who is disrupting the meeting to the extent that orderly conduct at the meeting is compromised.