Access to Open Meeting (525-RICR-10-00-1)


525-RICR-10-00-1 ACTIVE RULE

My Page Title

1.1Statutory Authority

1.2Definitions

1.3Requirements

1.4Requesting an Open Meeting Telecommunications Accommodation Waiver

1.5Forms


Title 525 Governor’s Commission on Disabilities
Chapter 10 General Administration
Subchapter 00 N/A
Part 1 Access to Open Meeting (525-RICR-10-00-1)
Type of Filing Amendment
Regulation Status Active
Effective 03/19/2023

Regulation Authority:

R.I. Gen. Laws 42-46-13; 42-46-5(b)(3 & 4); 42-51-6; and 42-51-6.1

Purpose and Reason:

This proposed amendment would streamline the process for requesting a waiver to the ban on the use of telecommunication devices by members of a public body, who due to their disability, are unable to attend inn-person meetings of the public body they are on.

Sections of the rule being amended are:

1.4 REQUESTING AN OPEN MEETING TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCOMMODATION WAIVER

Subsection B 1-4 and

1.4.1 Granting or Rejecting a Telecommunications Accommodation Waiver Subsection B The

Hearing Board and Subsection E. COVID-19 Pandemic, Expedited Waivers.