{"id":"RI-004","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Rhode Island","state":"RI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Gina M. Raimondo","authority":"R.I. Gen. Laws tit. 30, ch. 15; Open Meetings Act § 42-46-5(b); Access to Public Records Act","instrument":"Executive Order 20-05","title":"Third Supplemental Emergency Declaration - Public Meetings and Public Records Requests","dateIssued":"2020-03-16","effective":"2020-03-16","end":"Renewed as EO 20-25 (Apr. 15, 2020), 20-46 (June 12, 2020, amended by 21-60), 21-72 (June 24, 2021); EO 20-46 was among the orders the General Assembly permitted to run to Sept. 1, 2021 (2021-H 6122Aaa art. 3 § 3)","startDate":"2020-03-16","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","GATH"],"addressees":["public bodies","records custodians"],"clause":"Public bodies conducting meetings, as those terms are defined by the Open Meetings Act are hereby relieved from the prohibitions regarding use of telephonic or electronic communication to conduct meetings... provided that the public body is meeting for an essential purpose and makes provisions to ensure public access to the meeting of the public body for members of the public through adequate, alternative means.","enforcement":"Suspension of § 42-46-5(b); public-records deadlines tolled","functions":["CT permits, zoning, licensing boards and councils met remotely or for essential purposes only","PM permits and inspections"],"notes":"Municipal councils, zoning and planning boards and licensing boards moved to remote, essential-purpose meetings.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.ri.gov/sites/g/files/xkgbur236/files/2021-06/Executive-Order-20-05.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":287807,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"RI","url":"/library/RI-004","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/RI-004","citation":"Governor Gina M. Raimondo, Executive Order 20-05 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. RI-004)","stateName":"Rhode Island","related":["RI-003","RI-002","RI-005","RI-001","RI-006","RI-007","RI-008","RI-009","RI-010","RI-011","RI-012","RI-013"]}