AJR 62

This joint resolution amends the joint rules to provide that public notice of every

assembly and senate committee meeting must be given at least 24 hours before the

commencement of the meeting, unless the chairperson and ranking minority

member of the committee determine that for good cause such notice is impossible or

impractical. In no case, however, may notice be provided less than two hours in

advance of a meeting. Similarly, the joint resolution amends the joint rules to provide

that public notice of every joint committee meeting must be given at least 24 hours

before the commencement of the meeting, unless the cochairpersons of the

committee determine that for good cause such notice is impossible or impractical.

In no case, however, may notice be provided less than two hours in advance of a

meeting.

The public notice for assembly, senate, and joint committee meetings must be

in such form as is reasonably likely to apprise members of the public and the news

media of the meeting and must indicate the day, hour, and place of the meeting and

the number, author, and relating clause of each proposal to be considered. The joint

resolution requires that every committee meeting must be publicly held in a place

reasonably accessible to members of the public and must be open to all citizens at all

times.