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CHAPTER No. llO S.F. No. 1165 AN ACT 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 relating to th~ meeti~; authorizing meetings by telephone or other electronic means under certain conditions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 13D.05, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13D. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.6 1.7 Section 1. U3D.0211 MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS; CONDITIONS. 1.8 1.9 Subdivision 1. Conditions. A meeting governed by this section and section 13D.01, subdivisions 1,2,4, and 5, may be conducted by telephone or other electronic means so long as the following conditions are met: (1) the presiding officer, chief legal counsel, or chief administrative officer for the affected governing body determines that an in person meeting or a meeting conducted under section 13D.02 is not practical or prudent because of a health pandemic or an emergency declared under chapter 12; (2) all members of the body participating in the meeting, wherever their physical location, can hear one another and can hear all discussion and testimony; (3) members ofthe public present at the regular meeting location of the body can hear all discussion and testimony and all votes of the members of the body, unless attendance at the regular meeting location is not feasible due to the health pandemic or emergency declaration; (4) at least one member of the body, chieflegal counsel, or chief administrative officer is physically present at the regular meeting location, unless unfeasible due to the health pandemic or emergency declaration; and 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 Section 1.