Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 2.djvu/1137

 PUBLIC LAW 95-567—NOV. 2, 1978

92 STAT. 2417

"(C) I n fiscal year 1981, the Corporation may expend an amount equal to not more than 5 percent of the funds made available by the Secretary of the Treasury during such fiscal year pursuant to paragraph (2)(A) for those activities authorized under subsection (g)(2) which are not among those grant activities described in subparagraph (B). "(D) In fiscal years 1982 and 1983, the amount which the Corporation may expend for activities authorized under subsection (g)(2) which are not among those grant activities described in subparagraph (B) shall be 105 percent of the amount derived for the preceding fiscal year. "(4) Funds may not be distributed pursuant to this subsection to Open meetings, the Public Broadcasting Service or National Public Eadio (or any successor organization), or to the licensee or permittee of any public broadcast station, unless the governing body of any such organization, any committee of such governing body, or any advisory body of any such organization, holds open meetings preceded by reasonable notice to the public. AH persons shall be permitted to attend any meeting of the board, or of any such committee or body, and no person shall be required, as a condition to attendance at any such meeting, to register such person's name or to provide any other information. Nothing contained in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent any such board, committee, or body from holding closed sessions to consider matters relating to individual employees, proprietary information, litigation and other matters requiring the confidential advice of counsel, commercial or financial information obtained from a person on a privileged or confidential basis, or the purchase of property or services whenever the premature exposure of such purchase would compromise the business interests of any such organization. If any such meeting is closed pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, '* the organization involved shall thereafter (within a reasonable period of time) make available to the public a written statement containing an explanation of the reasons for closing the meeting. "(5) Funds may not be distributed pursuant to this subsection to Funds any public telecommunications entity that does not maintain for distribution, public examination copies of the annual financial and audit reports, restriction. or other information regarding finances, submitted to the Corporation pursuant to subsection (1)(3)(B). "(6)(A) The Corporation, in consultation with public television Review, and radio licensees, shall review annually the percentage of funds reserved pursuant to paragraph (3)(A), and the criteria and conditions regarding the division and distribution of such funds among public television and radio stations. "(B) The funds reserved for public broadcast stations pursuant to Funds, paragraph (3)(A) shall be divided into two portions, one to be distribution. distiibuted among radio stations and one to be distributed among television stations. The Corporation shall make a basic grant from the portion reserved for television stations to each licensee and permittee of a public television station that is on the air. The balance of the portion reserved for television stations and the total portion reserved for radio stations shall be distributed to licensees and permittees of such stations in accordance with eligibility criteria that promote the public interest in public broadcasting, and on the basis of a formula designed to— "(i) provide for the financial needs and requirements of stations in relation to the communities and audiences such stations undertake to serve;

�