To Whom Applicable: Public Bodies
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PETA v. City of Virginia Beach
Virginia Marine Science Museum Foundation is a private entity not subject to FOIA.
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FOI Advisory Council Opinion AO-03-02
Expenditure records of the Department of Housing and Community Development are public records. Where detailed records exist, a summary of the information is not an acceptable response to a request for the actual records.
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FOI Advisory Council Opinion AO-48-01
A nonprofit hospital’s line of credit obtained from an industrial development authority is not enough to establish that the hospital is supported wholly or principally by public funds. A local board’s authority, consisting only of reappointing hospital directors when others resign does not make the hospital into an entity that is performing the board’s delegated…
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Attorney General’s Opinion 2001 #101
Institutional review boards and human research review committees at institutions of higher learning are not public bodies. They are supported wholly or principally by public funds, but they do not perform a delegated function of their parent entities.
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FOI Advisory Council Opinion AO-41-01
Though a lcoal chamber of commerce is not a public body, records it keeps on tourism at the request and as an agent of a city council are subject to disclosure under FOIA. The chamber, not the city council is the custodian of the records where the city is not statutorily required to maintain tourism…
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FOI Advisory Council Opinion AO-36-01
Whether an entity is supported wholly or principally by public funds is a case-by-case determination based on the totality of all revenue sources; however, as a guideline, an entity recieving at least two-thirds of its funding from the government is a public body.
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FOI Advisory Council Opinion AO-34-01
Neither a volunteer fire company nor a committee created to handle the company’s finances are public bodies; the minutes taken by a non-public body nonetheless become public records when they are provided to a public body (such as a city council); a non-public body’s financial records in the possession of a local treasurer are not…
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Connell v. Kersey
(NOTE: The 2002 General Assembly added an amendment to FOIA reversing this decision and making clear that all constitutional offices are subject to FOI law.) Present: All the Justices JAMES G. CONNELL III v ANDREW KERSEY OPINION BY JUSTICE LAWRENCE L. KOONTZ, JR. Record No. 001729 June 8, 2001 FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF FAIRFAX…
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FOI Advisory Council Opinion AO-24-01
Citizens advisory committee established to make recommendations to the State Transportation Board is subject to FOIA.
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FOI Advisory Council Opinion AO-23-01
Student government of state college is subject to FOIA when supported wholly or principally by public funds.
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FOI Advisory Council Opinion AO-19-01
With the exception of certain statistical information and financial records, the Virginia Parole Board’s records are not subject to FOIA.
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FOI Advisory Council Opinion AO-09-01
As an agency of the county, a neighborhood connections office is subject to FOIA.
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FOI Advisory Council Opinion AO-16-00
A volunteer rescue squad supported primarily through private donations is not a public body subject to FOIA.
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FOI Advisory Council Opinion AO-10-00
Virginia School Boards Association is not subject to FOIA; members of individual school boards attending a VASB conference should refrain from discussing public business without notifying the public.
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Connell v. Kersey
Commonwealth Attorney not a public body under FOIA. Criminal incident information need only be summarized; the actual records need not be disclosed.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1995 #004
FOIA not applicable to private businesses and corporations if their funding is not wholly or principally drawn from public funds
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1992 #004
A legislative change making certain records public under FOIA may be applied retroactively.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1987-88 #236
Planning districts are public bodies. Advisory committees and subcommittees of a planning district are subject to FOIA.
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Students for Animals v. Animal Research Committee, U.Va.
CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Students for Animals v. The Rector and Board of Visitors of The University of Virginia, and Animal Care Committee, etc. Case No. N-6464-3 May 26, 1988 By Judge T. J. Markow This is a petition under the Freedom of Information Act requesting that the court order that meetings…
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1985-86 #103
General legal matters are not a proper subject for closed meeting. Legal matters must be specific. Board of zoning appeals is subject to FOIAÄ…s meeting requirements.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1984-85 #418
An advisory committee, appointed by a circuit court in lieu of a governing body, that is supported by public funds, is subject to FOIA.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1984-85 #431
State university student government is subject to FOIA.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1983-84 #442
A board of equalization is subject to FOIA
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1983-84 #439
Virginia Division of Tourism cannot withhold business data submitted by Virginia travel attractions. A private company that is supported wholly or principally by public funds is subject to FOIA.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1983-84 #447
General fund revenue estimates prepared by the governor’s advisory boards are considered working papers of the governor; Governor’s budget advisory boards must follow FOIA’s meeting requirements.