(1) A closed meeting described under Section 52-4-204 may only be held for:

1. (a) except as provided in Subsection (3), discussion of the character, professional competence, or physical or mental health of an individual;
2. (b) strategy sessions to discuss collective bargaining;
3. (c) strategy sessions to discuss pending or reasonably imminent litigation;

4. (d) strategy sessions to discuss the purchase, exchange, or lease of real property, including any form of a water right or water shares, if public discussion of the transaction would:

   1. (i) disclose the appraisal or estimated value of the property under consideration; or
   2. (ii) prevent the public body from completing the transaction on the best possible terms;

5. (e) strategy sessions to discuss the sale of real property, including any form of a water right or water shares, if:

   1. (i) public discussion of the transaction would:

      1. (A) disclose the appraisal or estimated value of the property under consideration; or
      2. (B) prevent the public body from completing the transaction on the best possible terms;
   2. (ii) the public body previously gave public notice that the property would be offered for sale; and
   3. (iii) the terms of the sale are publicly disclosed before the public body approves the sale;
6. (f) discussion regarding deployment of security personnel, devices, or systems;
7. (g) investigative proceedings regarding allegations of criminal misconduct;
8. (h) as relates to the Independent Legislative Ethics Commission, conducting business relating to the receipt or review of ethics complaints;
9. (i) as relates to an ethics committee of the Legislature, a purpose permitted under Subsection 52-4-204(1)(a)(iii)(C);
10. (j) as relates to the Independent Executive Branch Ethics Commission created in Section 63A-14-202, conducting business relating to an ethics complaint;
11. (k) as relates to a county legislative body, discussing commercial information as defined in Section 59-1-404;
12. (l) as relates to the Utah Higher Education Assistance Authority and its appointed board of directors, discussing fiduciary or commercial information as defined in Section 53B-12-102; or
13. (m) a purpose for which a meeting is required to be closed under Subsection (2).

(2) The following meetings shall be closed:

1. (a) a meeting of the Health and Human Services Interim Committee to review a fatality review report described in Subsection 62A-16-301(1)(a), and the responses to the report described in Subsections 62A-16-301(2) and (4);

2. (b) a meeting of the Child Welfare Legislative Oversight Panel to:

   1. (i) review a fatality review report described in Subsection 62A-16-301(1)(a), and the responses to the report described in Subsections 62A-16-301(2) and (4); or
   2. (ii) review and discuss an individual case, as described in Subsection 62A-4a-207(5); and
3. (c) a meeting of a conservation district as defined in Section 17D-3-102 for the purpose of advising the Natural Resource Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture on a farm improvement project if the discussed information is protected information under federal law.

(3) In a closed meeting, a public body may not:

1. (a) interview a person applying to fill an elected position;
2. (b) discuss filling a midterm vacancy or temporary absence governed by Title 20A, Chapter 1, Part 5, Candidate Vacancy and Vacancy and Temporary Absence in Elected Office; or
3. (c) discuss the character, professional competence, or physical or mental health of the person whose name was submitted for consideration to fill a midterm vacancy or temporary absence governed by Title 20A, Chapter 1, Part 5, Candidate Vacancy and Vacancy and Temporary Absence in Elected Office.