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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="13-107" title_number="13" title_name="City of Annapolis" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, the Annapolis Authority shall publish notice of each of its meetings in at least two newspapers of general circulation in the City of Annapolis at least 7 days before the meeting.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The notice shall contain:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the date, time, and place of the meeting; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a summary of the subject matter to be considered at the meeting.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Chair of the Annapolis Authority may waive the notice required under paragraph (1) of this subsection for an emergency meeting if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>notice cannot reasonably be given; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>minutes of the emergency meeting will be included in the minutes of the next open meeting of the Annapolis Authority.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Annapolis Authority may add an item to the agenda for the meeting after publication of the notice if the item is necessary to the business of the Annapolis Authority and could not reasonably have been placed on the agenda when the notice was published.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Annapolis Authority may meet in closed session or adjourn an open session and reconvene in a closed session only to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>discuss the appointment, employment, assignment, promotion, discipline, demotion, removal, or resignation of appointees, employees, or officials over whom the Annapolis Authority has jurisdiction;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>consider the acquisition of real property for a public purpose and matters directly related to the acquisition;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>consult with counsel;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>consult with staff, consultants, or other individuals about pending or potential litigation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>comply with a specific constitutional, statutory, or judicially imposed requirement that prevents public disclosures about a particular proceeding or matter; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>satisfy an exceptional reason, if at least two–thirds of the Commissioners present vote to find that the reason is so compelling that it overrides the general public policy in favor of open sessions.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Annapolis Authority meeting in closed session under this section may not discuss or act on any matter not specified under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
