California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Government Code - GOV |
Title 5. LOCAL AGENCIES |
Division 2. CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES |
Part 1. POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES |
Chapter 9. Meetings |
Section 54957.2.
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(a) The legislative body of a local agency may, by ordinance or resolution, designate a clerk or other officer or employee of the local agency who shall then attend each closed session of the legislative body and keep and enter in a minute book a record of topics discussed and decisions made at the meeting. The minute book made pursuant to this section is not a public record subject to inspection pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1), and shall be kept confidential. The minute book shall be available only to members of the legislative body or, if a violation of this chapter is alleged to have occurred at a closed session, to a court of general jurisdiction wherein the local agency lies. Such minute book may, but need not, consist of a recording of the closed session.
(b) An elected legislative body of a local agency may require that each legislative body all or a majority of whose members are appointed by or under the authority of the elected legislative body keep a minute book as prescribed under subdivision (a).