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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="9-512" title_number="9" title_name="General and Administrative Provisions" subtitle_number="5">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A public agency meeting or a staff meeting may be conducted in a closed session only:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>to consider or discuss the assignment, promotion, resignation, salary, demotion, dismissal, reprimand, or appointment of a member of a public agency or employee, unless the individual, as a matter of public record, makes a written request for an open session;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>to discuss strategy in collective bargaining or litigation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>to engage in collective bargaining;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>to discuss the distribution of police forces to cope with public safety emergencies;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>to discuss cost estimates for capital projects to be subsequently placed through the bidding process;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>to hold preliminary discussions concerning the purchase or disposition of real property;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>when State law or federal regulation prohibits a meeting open to the public;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>to meet a condition for anonymity of a donor contained in a gift or bequest to the public agency;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>when secrecy is necessary to prevent the premature disclosure of the format or content of examinations or the disclosure of results of examinations as related to individual students;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>if the meeting is conducted by the County Board of Education or its staff to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>consider the discipline of a student, unless the parent, guardian, or student requests an open session of the County Board of Education; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>discuss specific students, families, or personnel and the disclosure of the discussions could prove detrimental or harmful to those individuals;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>to consider the investment of public funds;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>to consult with counsel to obtain legal advice; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>to discuss cybersecurity, if the public body determines that public discussion would constitute a risk to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>security assessments or deployments relating to information resources technology;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>network security information, including information that is:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>related to passwords, personal identification numbers, access codes, encryption, or other components of the security system of a governmental entity;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>collected, assembled, or maintained by or for a governmental entity to prevent, detect, or investigate criminal activity; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>related to an assessment, made by or for a governmental entity or maintained by a governmental entity, of the vulnerability of a network to criminal activity; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>deployments or implementation of security personnel, critical infrastructure, or security devices.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A closed session shall be announced in advance at a meeting that is open to the public.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An announcement of a closed session shall include the nature of the business of the closed session.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The closed session shall be limited to the matters described in subsection (a) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The minutes of the next open session shall include the justification for holding the closed session, the names of those in attendance, and the times the meeting begins and ends.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>An ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, or decision may not be finally adopted at a closed session.</text>
  </level>
</section>
