Bills affecting sunshine law, public notice headed to committee
A legislative proposal that would exempt from Tennessee's sunshine law any meeting regarding school safety plans is headed for a state Senate committee and House subcommittee next week. Also on the calendar next week is a bill that would require a newspaper to be designated by a local legislative body, such as a county commission or city council, as "a newspaper of general circulation" before that newspaper could be used to publish certain notices required by statute. One bill would alter the state's sunshine laws, and the other creates a new definition of "a newspaper of general circulation" as it relates to meeting standards for certain public notices. The proposal to allow [...]