Maine § 1 §401 Declaration of public policy; rules of construction

Maine Statutes

§ 1 §401 — Declaration of public policy; rules of construction

Maine § 1 §401

Title 1GENERAL PROVISIONS

Ch. 13PUBLIC RECORDS AND PROCEEDINGS

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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 1, § 1 §401 (2026).

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The Legislature finds and declares that public proceedings exist to aid in the conduct of the people's business. It is the intent of the Legislature that their actions be taken openly and that the records of their actions be open to public inspection and their deliberations be conducted openly. It is further the intent of the Legislature that clandestine meetings, conferences or meetings held on private property without proper notice and ample opportunity for attendance by the public not be used to defeat the purposes of this subchapter.
This subchapter does not prohibit communications outside of public proceedings between members of a public body unless those communications are used to defeat the purposes of this subchapter.
This subchapter shall be liberally construed and applied to prom

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The Legislature finds and declares that public proceedings exist to aid in the conduct of the people's business. It is the intent of the Legislature that their actions be taken openly and that the records of their actions be open to public inspection and their deliberations be conducted openly. It is further the intent of the Legislature that clandestine meetings, conferences or meetings held on private property without proper notice and ample opportunity for attendance by the public not be used to defeat the purposes of this subchapter.
This subchapter does not prohibit communications outside of public proceedings between members of a public body unless those communications are used to defeat the purposes of this subchapter.
This subchapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies as contained in the declaration of legislative intent.