1. (a) When providing public notice of a commission meeting, the department shall include the date, time, and place of the meeting, the general topics to be discussed or considered, and the originating site of any teleconferencing facilities that will be used. If at least three days remain before the date of the meeting, and unless AS 44.33.818 or an applicable provision of this chapter sets out a more stringent publication requirement, the department shall publish notice of that meeting in a newspaper of general circulation in the vicinity where the meeting will be held or teleconferenced. If time is insufficient to arrange for publication of a complete notice as described in this subsection, the department shall publish an abbreviated notice that includes the date, time, and place of the meeting, the originating site of any teleconferencing facilities that will be used, and a statement that additional information regarding the meeting is available at the commission's offices and on the commission's website. Before the date and time of the meeting, the department shall

   1. (1) post the complete notice of the meeting on the commission's website;
   2. (2) transmit the complete notice to subscribers to the commission's electronic notice list;
   3. (3) notify by telephone, electronic mail, or facsimile transmission those persons whom the chair of the commission determines to warrant notice by those means;
   4. (4) mail or otherwise provide the complete notice to each person who requests it; and
   5. (5) mail or otherwise distribute notice as directed by the commission chair.
2. (b) The department shall prepare an agenda of each public meeting as directed by the chair, make the agenda available for public inspection and copying at the commission's offices, post it on the commission's website, serve it by electronic mail on subscribers to the commission's electronic notice service, and mail or otherwise provide it to each person who requests a copy. The department shall also make copies of the agenda available at the public meeting.
3. (c) To the extent time permits, a public meeting agenda must be available at least 48 hours before the scheduled time of the meeting. If time does not allow that advanced publication, the agenda must be posted and distributed as soon as it is available but no later than the date of the meeting.
4. (d) If the commission allows public testimony regarding a matter on the agenda or pending before the commission, that testimony is limited to three minutes for each person except that the chair may allow an extended period for good cause shown.

(Eff. 1/9/2008, Register 185)