Transcription of OPEN MEETINGS ACT MANUAL - Maryland Attorney General
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OPEN MEETINGS ACT MANUAL - Maryland Attorney General
OPEN MEETINGS ACT MANUAL OFFICE OF THE Maryland Attorney General BRIAN E. FROSH Attorney General ELEVENTH EDITION (OCTOBER 2022) PREPARED by: OPINIONS and ADVICE DIVISION 200 SAINT PAUL PLACE BALTIMORE, Maryland 21202 (410) 576-6327 WEBSITE: E-MAIL: PREFACE As Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis famously said, Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants. In that spirit, the Maryland Open MEETINGS Act was adopted so that government bodies in the State would open their MEETINGS to the public. Beyond that straightforward premise, however, lie important implementation considerations.
sessions. The Act thus reflects the balance that the General Assembly struck between the public’s need to know about the conduct of public business and the government’s need, in “special and appropriate circumstances,” to address certain types of matters behind closed doors.
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