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N • I I I' 0 .. 9711 ! 1i MUNICIPAL RIGHTS,POWERS,DUTIES 471.705 sion, that member shall be subject to a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed$100. An action to enforce this penalty may be brought byanys- tent jurisdiction where the administrative office othe member is located. of compe- t } Subd. 1 c.Notice of meetings.(a)Regular meetings.A schedule of the regular meet- ings of a public body shall be kept on file at its primary offices.If a public body decides to hold a regular meeting at a time or place different from the time or place stated in its schedule of regular meetings,it shall give the same notice of the meeting that is pro- vided in this subdivision for a special meeting. (b) Special meetings.For a special meeting,except an emergency meeting or a spe- I cial meeting for which a notice requirement is otherwise expressly established by stat- i ' ute, the public body shall post written notice of the date, time, place, and purpose of 1 the meeting on the principal bulletin board of the public body, or if the public body has no principal bulletin board,on the door of its usual meeting room.The notice shall also be mailed or otherwise delivered to each person who has filed a written request for notice of special meetings with the public body.This notice shall be posted and mailed or delivered at least three days before the date of the meeting.As an alternative to mail- ' ing or otherwise delivering notice to persons who have filed a written request for notice I of special meetings, the public body may publish the notice once, at least three days before the meeting, in the official newspaper of the public body or,if there is none, in I' a qualified newspaper of general circulation within the area of the public body's author- ! ity.A person filing a request for notice of special meetings may limit the request to noti- fication of meetings concerning particular subjects, in which case the public body is• required to send notice to that person only concerning special meetings involving those subjects.A public body may establish an expiration date for requests for notices of spe- cial meetings pursuant to this paragraph and require refiling of the request once each year.Not more than 60 days before the expiration date of a request for notice,the pub- lic body shall send notice of the refiling requirement to each.person who the preceding year. ! filed during - (c) Emergency meetings.For an emergency meeting, the public body shall make good faith efforts to provide notice of the meeting to each news medium that has filed ' 1 t a written request for notice if the request includes the news medium's telephone num- , ' i ber. Notice of the emergency meeting shall be given by telephone or by any other method used to notify the members of the public body.Notice shall be provided to each news medium which has filed a written request for notice as soon as reasonably cable after notice has been given to the members. Notice shall include the subject of the meeting.Posted or published notice of an emergency meeting shall not be required. I!. An"emergency"meeting is a special meeting called because of circumstances that,in judgment ud gment of the public body,require immediate consideration by the public body. 1. 4 If matters not directly related to the emergency are discussed or acted upon at an emer- 'I gency meeting, the minutes of t - -- III ma ters. .n o .e . (d) Recessed or continued meetings.If a meeting is a recessed or continued session . I of a previous meeting, and the time and place of the meeting was established during the previous meeting and recorded in the minutes of that meeting,then no further pub- I I 1 lished or mailed notice is necessary. For purposes of this clause, the term "meeting" ! includes a public hearing conducted pursuant to chapter 429 or any other law or charter 1 provision requiring a public hearing by a public body. I'll I iii ;: (e) Closed meetings.The notice requirements of this subdivision apply to closed i !I meetings. 1 (f) State agencies.For a meeting of an agency,board,commission,or department ' of the state,(i)the notice requirements of this subdivision apply only if a statute govern- i' II ing meetings of the agency, board, or commission does not contain specific reference �I to the method of providing notice, and (ii) all provisions of this subdivision relating I i to publication shall be satisfied by publication in the State Register. I (g) Actual notice.If a person receives actual notice ! . of a meeting of a public body I; ' ; at least 24 hours before the meeting,all notice requirements of this subdivision are sat- I 11, isfied with respect to that person, regardless of the method of receipt of notice. i