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Substitute Bill No. 75-10 <br /> Electronic Device Regulations Ordinance <br /> Page 4 <br /> handheld viece of equipment that includes but is not limited to existing and emeneine mobile <br /> communications stems and smart technologies-(cell phones,. smart phones walkie-talkies pagers, <br /> etc. portable iaternet devices mobile mana ers mobile messengers,BlackBgM T handset etc. <br /> Personal Digital Assistants PDAs Palm organizers, ocket PCs etc. and any other convergent <br /> communication technologies that do any number of the previously mentioned functions. <br /> "Electronic device" also includes any current or emming wireless handheld technologies or <br /> portable information technolo s stems that can be used for word processing, wireless Internet <br /> access and information transmitting/receiving, etc. Ta a recorders and cameras and 4 hearing aids5 <br /> shall be excluded from the definition of "electronic devices" as used in this Article. Emergency <br /> communication devices used by sworn police officers and medical first responders who are in <br /> attendance of a board or commission meeting shall be in excluded from the provisions of this <br /> Article. <br /> c Unless excused in advance by the Chai1person of the board or commission ersons in <br /> all meeting <br /> Board shall turn their <br /> son is in phones, <br /> session rBoard or <br /> -Commission devices to their silent mode <br /> .... <br /> Commission members ma not send <br /> receive view or listen to any electronic message communications while he/she is part of the quorum <br /> for such meeting while it is in progress. Any electronic device used through City-controlled access <br /> which is needed during,any Board or Commission governed by this Article is permitted for the <br /> puLpose of accessing city information ,cit resentations and to record minutes and notes.6 <br /> d A Board or Commission Member violates this section if he or she refuses to comply <br /> with a verbal re nest of the residing officer of such Board or Commission to abide by the <br /> regulations in this section. Thereafter, the Clerk, or other person designated by the Chairperson, <br /> may retrieve such electronic device from that individual for the duration of the Board or <br /> Commission's public meetin Such device shall be given back u on the end of the Board or <br /> Commission meeting. <br /> Le) All Board and Commissions gov emed by-this Article m4y make and implement an <br /> additional regujations, including sanctions which are not inconsistent with this Section. Section I- <br /> 23 of the South Bend Municipal Code shall not goly to this Section. <br /> 4India as Code 5-14-1.5-1 et seq.,sets forth the Indiana Open Door Law. In Berry i� Peoples Broadcasting Corp., 547 <br /> N,E.2 231, 1089 Ind.LEXIS 442(Ind. 1989),held that under the Indiana Open Door Law,a government body could <br /> not ban the use of cameras and tape recorders at its public hearings. Indiana Code 5-14-3-1 et seq., sets forth the <br /> Access to Public Records state law <br /> 'Hearing aids are defined by the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders(NIDCD)as a <br /> "small electronic device that you wear in or behind an ear which is designed to make some sounds louder so that a <br /> person with bearing loss can listen,communicate and participate more fully in daily activities". <br /> All communications sent on an electronic device which is used through a City-controlled access or network will be <br /> captured by the City and may become part of the public record. <br />