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§25-304v1.
§25-304v1.
As used in the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act:
1. "Public body" means the governing bodies of all municipalities
located within this state, boards of county commissioners of the
counties in this state, boards of public and higher education in this
state and all boards, bureaus, commissions, agencies, trusteeships,
authorities, councils, committees, public trusts or any entity created
by a public trust, task forces or study groups in this state supported
in whole or in part by public funds or entrusted with the expending of
public funds, or administering public property, and shall include all
committees or subcommittees of any public body. It shall not mean the
state judiciary or the Legislature or administrative staffs of public
bodies, including, but not limited to, faculty meetings and athletic
staff meetings of institutions of higher education when those staffs
are not meeting with the public body, or entry-year assistance
committees. Furthermore, it shall not mean the multidisciplinary team
provided for in subsection C of Section 1-502.2 of Title 63 of the
Oklahoma Statutes or any school board meeting for the sole purpose of
considering recommendations of said multidisciplinary team and
deciding the placement of any child who is the subject of such
recommendations;
2. "Meeting" means the conduct of business of a public body by a
majority of its members being personally together or, as authorized by
Section 307.1 of this title, together pursuant to a teleconference;
3. "Regularly scheduled meeting" means a meeting at which the regular
business of the public body is conducted;
4. "Special meeting" means any meeting of a public body other than a
regularly scheduled meeting or emergency meeting;
5. "Emergency meeting" means any meeting called for the purpose of
dealing with an emergency. For purposes of this act, an emergency is
defined as a situation involving injury to persons or injury and
damage to public or personal property or immediate financial loss when
the time requirements for public notice of a special meeting would
make such procedure impractical and increase the likelihood of injury
or damage or immediate financial loss;
6. "Continued or reconvened meeting" means a meeting which is
assembled for the purpose of finishing business appearing on an agenda
of a previous meeting. For the purposes of this act, only matters on
the agenda of the previous meeting at which the announcement of the
continuance is made may be discussed at a continued or reconvened
meeting; and
7. "Teleconference" means a conference among members of a public body
remote from one another who are linked by interactive
telecommunication devices permitting both visual and auditory
communication between and among members of the public body and members
of the public.
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