3. a. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of any general or special law, all meetings of the commission are declared to be public meetings and shall be open to the public and members of the news media, individually and collectively, for the purpose of observing the full details of all phases of the deliberation, policy-making and decision-making of the board to the extent that meetings and deliberations are open to the public under the “Open Public Meetings Act,” P.L.1975, c.231 (C. 10:4-6 et seq.) and the “Sunshine Act,” number 84 of the laws of Pennsylvania of 1986.

b. The board shall adopt, within six months of the effective date of this act, appropriate rules and regulations concerning proper notice to the public and the news media of its meetings and the right of the public and the news media to be present at its meetings. The rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section shall provide for the same notice and right of the public and news media to be present as well as any other rights and duties provided in the “Open Public Meetings Act,” P.L.1975, c.231 (C. 10:4-6 et seq.) and the “Sunshine Act,” number 84 of the laws of Pennsylvania of 1986. To the extent that these laws conflict, the commission shall incorporate into the rules and regulations the provisions of that law which provides for the greatest rights to the public and the news media.

L.1994,c.178,s.3.