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2019 Statute



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74-99b07.Quorum required to transact business; executive session, when used; open meetings act; exceptions. (a) No business of the board shall be transacted except at a regular or special meeting at which a quorum consisting of at least a majority of the total voting membership of the board is present. Any action of the board shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of those at any meeting of the board at which a quorum is present.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of K.S.A. 75-4317 et seq., and amendments thereto, in the case of the authority, discussion and consideration on any of the following may occur in executive session, when in the opinion of the board, disclosure of the items would be harmful to the competitive position of the authority:

(1) Plans that could affect the value of property, real or personal, owned or desirable for ownership by the authority;

(2) the condition, acquisition, use or disposition of real or personal property; or

(3) contracts for bioscience research, bioscience product manufacturing or commercialization, construction and renovation of bioscience facilities and marketing or operational strategies.

(c) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the authority may claim the benefit of any other exemption to the Kansas open meetings act listed in K.S.A. 75-4317 et seq., and amendments thereto.

History: L. 2004, ch. 112, § 7; July 1.



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