Section 74-603 – DEFINITIONS.
74-603. DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter: (1)(a) "Advocate" means to campaign for or against a candidate or the outcome of a ballot measure. (b) "Advocate" does not mean providing factual information about a ballot measure and the public entity’s reason for the ballot measure stated in a factually neutral manner. Factual information includes but […]
Section 74-604 – PUBLIC FUNDS PROHIBITED.
74-604. PUBLIC FUNDS PROHIBITED. Unless specifically required by law, and except as provided in this chapter: (1) Neither a public entity nor its employees shall make, nor shall a public official make or authorize, an expenditure from public funds to advocate for or against a candidate or a ballot measure. (2) Neither a public entity […]
Section 74-605 – EXCLUSIONS.
74-605. EXCLUSIONS. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit: (1) A public official or employee from speaking, campaigning, contributing personal money or otherwise exercising the public official’s or employee’s individual first amendment rights for political purposes, provided no public funds are used for expenditures supporting the public official or employee in such activity; (2) A public […]
Section 74-606 – VIOLATIONS — REMEDIES.
74-606. VIOLATIONS — REMEDIES. (1) Any public official or employee who conducts or participates in an activity that violates the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250). (2) Any public official or employee who knowingly violates the provisions of this chapter shall be […]
Section 74-202 – OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS — DEFINITIONS.
74-202. OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS — DEFINITIONS. [EFFECTIVE UNTIL JULY 1, 2023] As used in this chapter: (1) "Decision" means any determination, action, vote or final disposition upon a motion, proposal, resolution, order, ordinance or measure on which a vote of a governing body is required, at any meeting at which a quorum is present, but […]
Section 74-503 – OFFICERS NOT TO BE INTERESTED IN SALES.
74-503. OFFICERS NOT TO BE INTERESTED IN SALES. State, county, district, precinct and city officers must not be purchasers at any sale nor vendors at any purchase made by them in their official capacity. History: [74-503, added 2015, ch. 140, sec. 5, p. 377.]
Section 74-203 – GOVERNING BODIES — REQUIREMENT FOR OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS.
74-203. GOVERNING BODIES — REQUIREMENT FOR OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS. (1) Except as provided below, all meetings of a governing body of a public agency shall be open to the public and all persons shall be permitted to attend any meeting except as otherwise provided by this act. No decision at a meeting of a governing […]
Section 74-204 – NOTICE OF MEETINGS — AGENDAS.
74-204. NOTICE OF MEETINGS — AGENDAS. (1) Regular meetings. No less than a five (5) calendar day meeting notice and a forty-eight (48) hour agenda notice shall be given unless otherwise provided by statute. Provided however, that any public agency that holds meetings at regular intervals of at least once per calendar month scheduled in […]
Section 74-205 – WRITTEN MINUTES OF MEETINGS.
74-205. WRITTEN MINUTES OF MEETINGS. (1) The governing body of a public agency shall provide for the taking of written minutes of all its meetings. Neither a full transcript nor a recording of the meeting is required, except as otherwise provided by law. All minutes shall be available to the public within a reasonable time […]
Section 74-206 – EXECUTIVE SESSIONS — WHEN AUTHORIZED.
74-206. EXECUTIVE SESSIONS — WHEN AUTHORIZED. (1) An executive session at which members of the public are excluded may be held, but only for the purposes and only in the manner set forth in this section. The motion to go into executive session shall identify the specific subsections of this section that authorize the executive […]