§ 42:11 Short title
§ 42:12 Public policy for open meetings; liberal construction
§ 42:13 Definitions
§ 42:14 A. Every meeting of any public body shall be open to the public unless closed pursuant to R.S. 42:16, 17, or 18.
§ 42:15 School board meetings; public comment
§ 42:16 Executive Sessions
§ 42:17 A. A public body may hold an executive session pursuant to R.S. 42:16 for one or more of the following reasons:
§ 42:17.1 A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter to the contrary, a public body may conduct and its members may attend and participate in a meeting via electronic means provide
§ 42:17.2 A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter to the contrary, a public body identified in Subsection H of this Section may conduct and its members may attend and participat
§ 42:17.2.1 A. Notwithstanding any provision of this Chapter that requires a member of a public body to be physically present in order to be counted for a quorum and to participate and vote in a
§ 42:17.4 A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Council, as provided in R.S. 40:1005, may conduct and its members may atte
§ 42:18 Executive or closed meetings of legislative houses and committees
§ 42:19 Notice of meetings
§ 42:19.1 A.(1) Except as provided for in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, in addition to any other requirements provided for in R.S. 42:19 or other provisions of law, public notice of the da
§ 42:20 Written minutes
§ 42:21 Minutes of legislative sessions, legislative committees and subcommittees
§ 42:22 Presentation and consideration of offer to sell natural gas to a public body, or to operate or acquire ownership of, a gas utility owned or operated by a public body
§ 42:23 Sonic and video recordings; live broadcast
§ 42:24 Voidability
§ 42:25 Enforcement
§ 42:26 A. In any enforcement proceeding the plaintiff may seek and the court may grant any or all of the following forms of relief:
§ 42:27 Venue; summary proceedings
§ 42:28 Any member of a public body who knowingly and wilfully participates in a meeting conducted in violation of this Chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed five hundred

Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 42 > Chapter 1-A - Open Meetings Law

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Executive session: A portion of the Senate's daily session in which it considers executive business.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Inter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Proxy voting: The practice of allowing a legislator to cast a vote in committee for an absent legislator.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.