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• 1203 MUNICIPAL RIGHTS,POWERS,DUTIES 471.705 the date of the meeting.As an alternative to mailing or otherwise delivering notice to persons who have filed a written request for notice of special meetings,the public body may publish the notice once,at least three days before the meeting,in the official newspaper of the public body or,if there is none,in a qualified newspaper of general circulation within the area of the public body's authority.A person filing a request for notice of special meetings may limit the request to notification of meetings concerning particular subjects,in which case the public body is required to send notice to that person only concerning special meetings involving those subjects.A public body may establish an expiration date for requests for notices of spe- cial meetings pursuant to this paragraph and require refiling of the request once each year. Not more than 60 days before the expiration date of a request for notice,the public body shall send notice of the refiling requirement to each person who filed during the preceding year. (c) Emergency meetings.For an emergency meeting,the public body shall make good faith efforts to provide notice of the meeting to each news medium that has filed a written request for notice if the request includes the news medium's telephone number.Notice of the emergency meeting shall be given by telephone or by any other method used to notify the members of the public body.Notice shall be provided to each news medium which has filed a written request for notice as soon as reasonably practicable after notice has been given to the members.Notice shall include the subject of the meeting.Posted or published notice of an emergency meeting shall not be required. An "emergency" meeting is a special meeting called because of circumstances that,in the judgment of the public body,require immediate consideration by the public body.If matters not directly related to the emergency are dis- cussed or acted upon at an emergency meeting,the minutes of the meeting shall include a specific description of the matters.The notice requirement of this paragraph supersedes any other statutory notice requirement for a special meeting that is an emergency meeting. • (d) Recessed or continued meetings.If a meeting is a recessed or continued session of a previous meeting,and the time and place of the meeting was established during the pre- vious meeting and recorded in the minutes of that meeting, then no further published or mailed notice is necessary.For purposes of this clause,the term"meeting"includes a public hearing conducted pursuant to chapter 429 or any other law or charter provision requiring a public hearing by a public body. (e) Closed meetings.The notice requirements of this subdivision apply to closed meet- ings. (f) State agencies.For a meeting of an agency,board,commission,or department of the state.(i)the notice requirements of this subdivision apply only if a statute governing meet- ings of the agency,board,or commission does not contain specific reference to the method of providing notice,and(ii)all provisions of this subdivision relating to publication shall be satisfied by publication in the State Register. (g) Actual notice.If a person receives actual notice of a meeting of a public body at least 24 hours before the meeting,all notice requirements of this subdivision are satisfied with respect to that person,regardless of the method of receipt of notice. Subd. ld.Treatment of data classified as not public.(a)Except as provided in this section,meetings may not be closed to discuss data that are not public data.Data that are not public data may be discussed at a meeting subject to this section without liability or penalty,if the disclosure relates to a matter within the scope of the public body's authority and is reason- ably necessary to conduct the business or agenda item before the public body.Data discussed at an open meeting retain the data's original classification;however,a record of the meeting, regardless of form,shall be public. (b)Any portion of a meeting must be closed if expressly required by other law or if the following types of data are discussed: (1)data that would identify alleged victims or reporters of criminal sexual conduct,do- mestic abuse,or maltreatment of minors or vulnerable adults; (2)active investigative data as defined in section 13.82,subdivision 5,or internal affairs data relating to allegations of law enforcement personnel misconduct collected or created by i a state agency,statewide system,or political subdivision;or (3)educational data.health data,medical data,welfare data,or mental health data that are not public data under section 13.32, 13.38, 13.42,or 13.46,subdivision 2 or 7.