West Virginia Code of State Rules
Agency 151 - Public Employees Insurance Agency
Title 151 - LEGISLATIVE RULES PUBLIC EMPLOYEES INSURANCE AGENCY
Series 151-05 - PROCEDURAL RULES FOR THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES INSURANCE AGENCY ADVISORY BOARD
Section 151-5-5 - Meetings generally open to the public; executive session

5.1. All meetings of the Advisory Board shall be open to the public. Provided, however, that the Advisory Board may hold an executive session during a regular, special or emergency meeting, after the presiding officer has identified the authorization under W. Va. Code chapter six, article nine-a for the holding of such executive session and has presented it to the Advisory Board and to the general public. No decision shall be made in an executive session.

5.2. An executive session may be held only upon a majority affirmative vote of the Advisory Board at a meeting at which a quorum is present, for one of the reasons enumerated in W. Va. Code § 6-9A-4 or as expressly and specifically otherwise provided by law.

5.3. The Advisory Board may adopt and enforce reasonable restrictions on attendance and presentation at any meeting or public hearing where there is not sufficient room .to accommodate all members of the public who wish to attend. Such restrictions may include, but are not limited to, limiting the number of people who may be present in the meeting room at one time, limiting the length of time individual members of the public may remain in the room, and limiting the length of remarks by individual members of the public at a meeting or public hearing at which the public is invited to address the Advisory Board. The Advisory Board may also invite and encourage individuals to submit written comments in lieu of speaking at a meeting or public hearing. The Advisory Board shall make every reasonable effort to accommodate as many members of the public who wish to attend a meeting or public hearing as possible.

5.4. The chairperson may order the removal from a meeting or public hearing of any member of the public who is disrupting the proceeding to the extent that orderly conduct of the proceeding is comprised.

5.5. All members of the public who attend a meeting or public hearing of the Advisory Board may indicate their presence by signing a register of attendance. The register may provide a place for members of the public to indicate, whether or not they wish to address the Advisory Board. Persons who desire to speak shall not be required to register more than fifteen (15) minutes prior to the time the scheduled meeting or public hearing is to commence.