Before every meeting or portion
of a meeting closed to public observation under section 261b.7 or
261b.8 of this part, the general counsel, or in the general counsel’s
absence, the acting general counsel, shall publicly certify whether
or not in his or her opinion the meeting may be closed to public observation
and shall state each relevant exemptive provision. A copy of such
certification, together with a statement from the presiding officer
of the meeting setting forth the time and place of the meeting and
the persons present, will be retained for the time prescribed in section
261b.11(d).
