38 chapters · 1,009 sections in this title.
O.C.G.A. § 50-14-1 Meetings to be open to public; limitation on action to contest agency action; recording; notice of time and place; access to minutes; teleconference
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(a) As used in this chapter, the term: (1) ‘‘Agency’’ means: (A) Every state department, agency, board, bureau, office, commission, public corporation, and authority; (B) Every county, municipal corporation, school district, or other political subdivision of this state; (C) Every…
O.C.G.A. § 50-14-2 Schoen v
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Cherokee County, 242 Ga. App. 501, 530 S.E.2d 226 (2000). Meeting may not be closed to discuss potential litigation under the attorney-client exception unless the governmental entity can show a realistic and tangible threat of legal action against it or its officer or employee. T…
O.C.G.A. § 50-14-3 Excluded proceedings
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(a) This chapter shall not apply to the following: (1) Staff meetings held for investigative purposes under duties or responsibilities imposed by law; (2) The deliberations and voting of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles; and in addition such board may close a meeting held f…
O.C.G.A. § 50-14-4 Procedure when meeting closed
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(a) When any meeting of an agency is closed to the public pursuant to any provision of this chapter, the specific reasons for such closure shall be entered upon the official minutes, the meeting shall not be closed to the public except by a majority vote of a quorum present for th…