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legislative body present, or, if less than two-thirds of the members are present, by a unanimous
vote of the members present.

(d) All special meeting requirements, as prescribed in Section 54956 shall be applicable to a
meeting called pursuant to this section, with the exception of the 24-hour notice requirement.

(e) The minutes of a meeting called pursuant to this section, a list of persons who the presiding
officer of the legislative body, or designee of the legislative body, notified or attempted to notify,
a copy of the roll call vote, and any actions taken at the meeting shall be posted for a minimum
of 10 days in a public place as soon after the meeting as possible.

54956.6. Fees

No fees may be charged by the legislative body of a local agency for carrying out any provision
of this chapter, except as specifically authorized by this chapter.

54956.7. Closed sessions regarding license applications; rehabilitated criminals

Whenever a legislative body of a local agency determines that it is necessary to discuss and
determine whether an applicant for a license or license renewal, who has a criminal record, is
sufficiently rehabilitated to obtain the license, the legislative body may hold a closed session
with the applicant and the applicant’s attorney, if any, for the purpose of holding the discussion
and making the determination. If the legislative body determines, as a result of the closed
session, that the issuance or renewal of the license should be denied, the applicant shall be
offered the opportunity to withdraw the application. If the applicant withdraws the application,
no record shall be kept of the discussions or decisions made at the closed session and all matters
relating to the closed session shall be confidential. If the applicant does not withdraw the
application, the legislative body shall take action at the public meeting during which the closed
session is held or at its next public meeting denying the application for the license but all matters
relating to the closed session are confidential and shall not be disclosed without the consent of
the applicant, except in an action by an applicant who has been denied a license challenging the
denial of the license.

54956.75 Closed session to consider response to confidential final draft audit report;
public release of report

(a) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the legislative body of a local
agency that has received a confidential final draft audit report from the Bureau of State Audits
from holding closed sessions to discuss its response to that report.

(b) After the public release of an audit report by the Bureau of State Audits, if a legislative body
of a local agency meets to discuss the audit report, it shall do so in an open session unless
exempted from that requirement by some other provision of law.

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