Kansas Statutes
§ 75-4317 — Open meetings declared policy of state; citation of act
Kansas·Ch. 75 STATE DEPARTMENTS; PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES·Art. 43 PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
(a)In recognition of the fact that a representative government is dependent upon an informed electorate, it is declared to be the policy of this state that meetings for the conduct of governmental affairs and the transaction of governmental business be open to the public.
(b)It is declared hereby to be against the public policy of this state for any such meeting to be adjourned to another time or place in order to subvert the policy of open public meetings as pronounced in subsection (a).
(c)K.S.A. 75-4317 through 75-4320a shall be known and may be cited as the open meetings act.
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Legislative History
L. 1972, ch. 319, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 455, § 1; L. 1999, ch. 96, § 1; July 1.