1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to Open Meeting Law; allowing a member of a public body to attend a 
1.3 	meeting from a private location more than three times in calendar year 2021;
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13D.02, subdivision 4.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13D.02, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 4.Notice of regular and all member sites locations. If interactive television is 
1.8 	used to conduct a regular, special, or emergency meeting, the public body shall provide 
1.9 	notice of the regular meeting location and notice of any sitelocation where a member of 
1.10 	the public body will be participating in the meeting by interactive television, except for the 
1.11 	locations of members participating pursuant to subdivision 1, paragraph (b). The timing 
1.12 	and method of providing notice must be as described in section 13D.04.

1.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

1.14 	Sec. 2. OPEN MEETING LAW; MEMBER PARTICIPATION FROM PRIVATE 
1.15 	LOCATION.
 1.16 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 13D.02, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), a 
1.17 	meeting after December 31, 2020, and before July 1, 2021, satisfies the requirements of 
1.18 	Minnesota Statutes, section 13D.02, paragraph (a), if a member of a public body participates 
1.19 	from a location that is not open or accessible to the public more than three times before July 
1.20 	1, 2021. The location is not required in the notice under Minnesota Statutes, section 13D.02, 
1.21 	subdivision 4.

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively for meetings occurring on 
2.2 	or after January 1, 2021.