21.8 - ELECTRONIC MEETINGS.
21.8 ELECTRONIC MEETINGS.
1. A governmental body may conduct a meeting by electronic means
only in circumstances where such a meeting in person is impossible or
impractical and only if the governmental body complies with all of
the following:
a. The governmental body provides public access to the
conversation of the meeting to the extent reasonably possible.
b. The governmental body complies with section 21.4. For the
purpose of this paragraph, the place of the meeting is the place from
which the communication originates or where public access is provided
to the conversation.
c. Minutes are kept of the meeting. The minutes shall
include a statement explaining why a meeting in person was impossible
or impractical.
2. A meeting conducted in compliance with this section shall not
be considered in violation of this chapter.
3. A meeting by electronic means may be conducted without
complying with paragraph "a" of subsection 1 if conducted in
accordance with all of the requirements for a closed session
contained in section 21.5. Section History: Early Form
[C79, 81, § 28A.8] Section History: Recent Form
C85, § 21.8
2007 Acts, ch 22, §11