Small Towns Seek Relief From Web Law
From Sunshine Review
February 9, 2009
[edit] Small Towns Seek Relief From Web Law
"Since the mid-1970s, municipal governmental bodies across Connecticut have posted minutes within seven days of a meeting at town hall, under state open records laws.
Last June, the legislature, in a seemingly modest enhancement, required posting on a town web site as well, if the town had one. This requirement has unleashed a noisy backlash, prompting a dozen small towns to pull the plug on their web sites rather than comply, according to the Connecticut Council on Municipalities, which urged that the Internet notice law be repealed or delayed until late in 2010.
Now, no fewer than a dozen bills have hit the legislative hopper, aimed at slowing or stopping mandatory Internet-posting of meeting times, places or minutes, if compliance would be an undue hardship, expense or technological obstacle."
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