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Which government meetings are open to the public?

All meetings of the governing bodies of public agencies must be open at all times to permit members of the public to observe and record them. A public agency consists of any board, commission, department, agency, authority, or other entity, by whatever name designated, exercising a portion of the executive, administrative, or legislative power of the state. Indiana Open Door Laws also recognize any county, township, school corporation, city, town, political subdivision, or other entity, by whatever name designated, exercising in a limited geographical area the executive, administrative, or legislative power of the state or a delegated local governmental power as a public agency.

Meetings conducted by any entity which is subject to either a budget review by either the department of local government finance or the governing body of a county, city, town, township, or school corporation; or audit by the state board of accounts that is required by statute, rule, or regulation, fall under the description of public agency.

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[edit] Meeting process

A "Meeting" is defined as a gathering of a majority of the governing body of a public agency for the purpose of taking official action upon public business. This does not include any social or chance gathering or any on-site inspection.

Before a public meeting takes place, Indiana Open Door Laws, require a public notice of the date, time, and place of any meetings, executive sessions, or of any rescheduled or reconvened meeting, shall be given at least forty-eight (48) hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) before the meeting. This requirement does not apply to reconvened meetings (not including executive sessions) where announcement of the date, time, and place of the reconvened meeting is made at the original meeting and recorded in the memorandum and minutes thereof, and there is no change in the agenda.

All public meetings strictly forbid the use of secret balloting at all meetings that fall under the public meetings law statute.

[edit] Exceptions

Executive sessions

[edit] If violated

[edit] Relevant legal cases

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[edit] See also

• Indiana Access to Public Records Act

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