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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 6-4 Notice of meetings.">
  <section prefix="§" num="6-4" heading="Notice of meetings.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="7-day notice to be provided.">
      <para num="(1)">It shall be the duty of each board or commission established by &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter"&gt;the Baltimore City Charter&lt;/cite&gt; or the Baltimore City Code to furnish written notice to the Department of Legislative Reference, for posting on a space designated by the Department of Legislative Reference, no less than 7 days before any meeting held by that board or commission.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The posted notice shall include the time, date, and place of meeting.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Emergency meetings; cancellations.">
      <para num="(1)">The 7-day requirement may be waived in case of emergency meetings, but notice of occurrence of such meeting shall be posted as soon as possible, before or after such meeting.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Notice of the cancellation of a meeting should be given at least 48 hours prior to the scheduled time of the meeting.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Legislative Reference to provide space.">It shall be the duty of the Department of Legislative Reference to:<para num="(1)">provide space within the Department or the City Hall, clearly available to any onlooker, for the posting of meeting notices; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">furnish at least 1 copy of each notice to the press.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Failure to comply.">If any department, board, or commission fails to furnish written notice of meetings as provided in this section, such meeting will be deemed to have no legal standing.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §66</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 72-181</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
