As used in this Chapter, "closed session" shall refer to any meeting of the City Council of the City of Gridley, or of some of its members which are not open and public, but rather closed sessions pursuant to any then applicable provision of the Ralph M. Brown Act (Government Code 54590 et. seq.). It shall not be a defense to a violation specified in Section 2.32.030 or to a claim for damages under Section 2.32.040 that the particular closed session was improper or not authorized pursuant to the Ralph M. Brown Act provided that the City Council met in closed session ostensibly under the auspices of the Ralph M. Brown Act, whether or not such session was properly a "closed session” under the Act, unless it is first established through appropriate legal proceedings that a particular closed session was improper and not authorized pursuant to the Ralph M. Brown Act (i.e., a defense will not exist unless the validity of the particular closed session is legally established prior to any disclosures concerning that particular closed session).
(Ord. 562 § 1, 1990)