§ 16-4-403 — Meetings to be open; participation by public; minutes

(a) All meetings of the governing body of an agency are
public meetings, open to the public at all times, except as
otherwise provided. No action of a governing body of an agency
shall be taken except during a public meeting following notice
of the meeting in accordance with this act. Action taken at a
meeting not in conformity with this act is null and void and not
merely voidable.
(b) A member of the public is not required as a condition
of attendance at any meeting to register his name, to supply
information, to complete a questionnaire, or fulfill any other
condition precedent to his attendance. A person seeking
recognition at the meeting may be required to give his name and
affiliation.
(c) Minutes of a meeting:
(i) Are required to be recorded but not published
from meetings when no action is taken by the governing body;
(ii) Are not required to be recorded or published for
day-to-day administrative activities of an agency or its
officers or employees.
(d) No meeting shall be conducted by electronic means or
any other form of communication that does not permit the public
to hear, read or otherwise discern meeting discussion
contemporaneously. Communications outside a meeting, including,
but not limited to, sequential communications among members of
an agency, shall not be used to circumvent the purpose of this
act.