Attorney General
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1991 #005
Public body satisfies continual request for notice by saying its meetings are held at the same time and same place on the same day each month and that separate notice will be given for special meetings. No additional notice necessary when date, time and place of reconvened meeting is announced at regularly scheduled meeting.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1991 #013
Files associated with an active investigation may be withheld, but do not have to be after the investigation is complete.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1991 #007
Citizen does not have a right to make a continuing request for records that do not yet exist.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1990 #009
Booking photos and mug shots are official records that must be disclosed.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1990 #008
The two members of a seven-member board, and the two members of a seven-member council, joining to discuss mutual governmental business are both committees and must comply with FOIA’s meeting procedures.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1989 #016
Agency not exempt from FOIA; closed-door discussion not covered by FOIA exemption
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1989 #017
University library not required to disclose; titles of books checked out, references questions asked, bibliographies prepared by staff by request, nor must the titles of books ordered by faculty.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1989 #013
Public body not required to compile a record, but must notify the requester within the required time.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1987-88 #033A
Inmates’ medical records need not be disclosed absent authorization from the inmate himself or herself.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1987-88 #035
Settlement agreements may be memoranda, working papers or records prepared specifically for use in litigation – need not be disclosed.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1987-88 #030
A city/county attorney’s itemized billing statement is an official record and must be disclosed to the extend it does not reveal confidential communication, or ongoing criminal investigation matters, or some other information that may be exempt. Reasonable charge for deletions may be made
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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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Attorney General’s Opinion 1987-88 #033
Names and salaries of government employees making over $10,000/year are public and may be published by third parties.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1987-88 #034
No secret ballots permitted; recorded votes must occur in open session.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1987-88 #037
Jail registers are open records, but some information in a so-called ‘dispatch log’ is confidential, as is some information in a so-called ‘jail log.’
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1986-87 #028
An offer-to-purchase letter is a record compiled specifically for litigation because it will be used in condemnation proceedings should the offer be refused.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1986-87 #031
Annexation is not a ‘legal matter’ within a school board’s jurisdiction, so a closed meeting to discuss annexation is not permissible.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1986-87 #030
A group that meets with at least three members of a state board must be open. Meetings with mere employees, who are not appointees or constituent members of the board, do not have to be open.
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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 1985-86 #333
HUD reports are exempt to the extent that they reveal information about identifiable employees
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1985-86 #332
A meeting of four of a nine-member public body is a meeting even though the four could not take any action on behalf of the board. Committees and subcommittees are subject to FOIA.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1985-86 #331
A public body may admit those persons deemed necessary or whose presence will reasonably aid the public body in its consideration of a topic which is the subject of a properly convened closed meeting.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1985-86 #333A
Secret ballots not permitted under FOIA.