§ 79642 Secretary'S Meeting Attendance Rights

Food and Agricultural Code·California

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•The secretary or their team can go to most commission meetings.
•They can't go to secret meetings where the commission talks about suing the department.
•This rule started in 2011.

Example

Imagine the commission is having a meeting to talk about suing the department for not doing its job.

The secretary can't be in that secret meeting, but they can go to all the other regular meetings.

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§ 79642 Secretary'S Meeting Attendance Rights

The secretary or his or her representatives shall be notified and may attend each meeting of the commission and any committee meeting of the commission. However, the secretary is not entitled to attend an executive session of the commission called for the purpose of discussing potential or actual litigation against the department. (Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 585, Sec. 1. (AB 1912) Effective January 1, 2011.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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commission secretary and can litigation

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Food and Agricultural Code. Section 79642.

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