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Executive Order 20-05

Third Supplemental Emergency Declaration - Public Meetings and Public Records Requests

Governor Gina M. Raimondo · Rhode Island (State)

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Jurisdiction
Rhode Island
Level
State
Authority
R.I. Gen. Laws tit. 30, ch. 15; Open Meetings Act § 42-46-5(b); Access to Public Records Act
Issued
2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
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) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Mar. 16, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Gathering capCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • public bodies
  • records custodians
Functions reached
  • CT permits, zoning, licensing boards and councils met remotely or for essential purposes only
  • PM permits and inspections
Collection
Rhode Island RI

Operative words

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

Notes

Municipal councils, zoning and planning boards and licensing boards moved to remote, essential-purpose meetings.

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