A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to amend the public meeting law as applied to three‑member public bodies.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 143‑318.10 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(f)	A majority of the members of a three‑member public body may meet, in person or otherwise, to discuss business for the purpose of planning an official meeting if the planning meeting is not intended to evade the spirit and purposes of this Article and notes about the planning meeting are recorded contemporaneously. The notes of the planning meeting are a public record under G.S. 132‑1. For the purposes of this section, the term "planning meeting" means a meeting to discuss matters related to the agenda and organization of an official meeting."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.