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13D.01 MINNESOTA STATUTES 2021 <br />(c) of any <br />(1) committee, <br />(2) subcommittee, <br />(3) board, <br />(4) department, or <br />(5) commission, <br />of a public body; and <br />(d) of the governing body or a committee of <br />(1) a statewide public pension plan defined in section 356A.01, subdivision 24; or <br />(2) a local public pension plan governed by sections 424A.091 to 424A.096, or chapter 354A, or Laws <br />2013, chapter 111, article 5, sections 31 to 42. <br />Subd. 2. Exceptions. This chapter does not apply <br />(1) to meetings of the commissioner of corrections; <br />(2) to a state agency, board, or commission when it is exercising quasi-judicial functions involving <br />disciplinary proceedings; or <br />(3) as otherwise expressly provided by statute. <br />Subd. 3. Subject of and grounds for closed meeting. Before closing a meeting, a public body shall <br />state on the record the specific grounds permitting the meeting to be closed and describe the subject to be <br />discussed. <br />Subd. 4. Votes to be kept in journal or minutes. (a) The votes of the members of the state agency, <br />board, commission, or department; or of the governing body, committee, subcommittee, board, department, <br />or commission on an action taken in a meeting required by this section to be open to the public must be <br />recorded in a journal or minutes. <br />(b) The vote of each member must be recorded on each appropriation of money, except for payments <br />of judgments, claims, and amounts fixed by statute. <br />Subd. 5. Public access to journal and minutes. The journal or any minutes used to record votes of a <br />meeting subject to this chapter must be open to the public during all normal business hours where records <br />of the public body are kept. <br />Subd. 6. Public copy of members' materials. (a) In any meeting which under subdivisions 1, 2, 4, and <br />5, and section 13D.02 must be open to the public, at least one copy of any printed materials relating to the <br />agenda items of the meeting prepared or distributed by or at the direction of the governing body or its <br />employees and: <br />(1) distributed at the meeting to all members of the governing body; <br />(2) distributed before the meeting to all members; or <br />(3) available in the meeting room to all members; <br />Official Publication of the State of Minnesota <br />Revisor of Statutes <br />