Public Participation

(a)If the laws of this state or a political subdivision of this state or a rule, practice, or procedure adopted by the public body requires that members of the public be permitted to participate in a meeting of the public body, the public body, to the extent practicable, shall permit members of the public to participate in a virtual meeting, subject to conditions that apply to an in-person meeting of the public body.

(b)If members of the public are permitted to speak in a virtual meeting, the technology used to conduct the meeting must permit members of the public body and members of the public attending the meeting to hear the members of the public who speak in the meeting.

(c)If a public body considers in a virtual meeting a matter affecting the right or interest of a person entitled by any other law of this state or a political subdivision of Guam or by rule of the public body to participate, present evidence, or examine or cross-examine witnesses in an in-person meeting, the public body shall permit the person to use the same technology that the public body uses to conduct the virtual meeting, or provide equivalent access, to participate, present evidence, or examine or cross-examine witnesses in the virtual meeting.

(d)A person to which Subsection

(c)applies may object that the virtual meeting does not allow the person effectively to protect the person’s right or interest. The public body shall consider the objection and may proceed with the matter in the virtual meeting if the public body determines the virtual meeting will allow the person effectively to protect the right or interest. The public body shall state in a record the determination and the reason for the determination.