Subject to Section 15679, in order to facilitate the implementation of Section 15676:
(a) The office shall establish a process under which a person filing an appeal may request, notwithstanding Section 11425.20 or any other law to the contrary, a closed hearing.
(b) The office shall also establish objective criteria for determining whether to grant a request described in subdivision (a) and these objective criteria shall include, but not be limited to, those criteria that are necessary or proper to carry out the intent of Section 15676.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 252, Sec. 13. (AB 131) Effective September 16, 2017.)