Section 610.028 – Legal defense of members of governmental bodies, when — written policy on release of information required — persons reporting violations exempt from liability and discipline.
Effective – 28 Aug 2004 610.028. Legal defense of members of governmental bodies, when — written policy on release of information required — persons reporting violations exempt from liability and discipline. — 1. Any public governmental body may provide for the legal defense of any member charged with a violation of sections 610.010 to 610.030. […]
Section 610.010 – Definitions.
Effective – 28 Aug 2004 610.010. Definitions. — As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms mean: (1) “Closed meeting”, “closed record”, or “closed vote”, any meeting, record or vote closed to the public; (2) “Copying”, if requested by a member of the public, copies provided as detailed in section […]
Section 610.011 – Liberal construction of law to be public policy.
Effective – 28 Aug 2004 610.011. Liberal construction of law to be public policy. — 1. It is the public policy of this state that meetings, records, votes, actions, and deliberations of public governmental bodies be open to the public unless otherwise provided by law. Sections 610.010 to 610.200 shall be liberally construed and their […]
Section 610.015 – Votes, how taken.
Effective – 11 Oct 2013 *610.015. Votes, how taken. — Except as provided in section 610.021, rules authorized pursuant to Article III of the Missouri Constitution and as otherwise provided by law, all votes shall be recorded, and if a roll call is taken, as to attribute each “yea” and “nay” vote, or abstinence if […]
Section 610.020 – Notice of meetings, when required — recording of meetings to be allowed, guidelines, penalty — accessibility of meetings — minutes of meetings to be kept, content — voting records to be included.
Effective – 28 Aug 2004 610.020. Notice of meetings, when required — recording of meetings to be allowed, guidelines, penalty — accessibility of meetings — minutes of meetings to be kept, content — voting records to be included. — 1. All public governmental bodies shall give notice of the time, date, and place of each […]
Section 610.021 – Closed meetings and closed records authorized when, exceptions.
Effective – 28 Aug 2022, 5 histories 610.021. Closed meetings and closed records authorized when, exceptions. — Except to the extent disclosure is otherwise required by law, a public governmental body is authorized to close meetings, records and votes, to the extent they relate to the following: (1) Legal actions, causes of action or litigation […]
Section 610.022 – Closed meetings, procedure and limitation — public records presumed open unless exempt — objections to closing meetings or records, procedure.
Effective – 28 Aug 2004 610.022. Closed meetings, procedure and limitation — public records presumed open unless exempt — objections to closing meetings or records, procedure. — 1. Except as set forth in subsection 2 of this section, no meeting or vote may be closed without an affirmative public vote of the majority of a […]
Section 610.023 – Records of governmental bodies to be in care of custodian, duties — records may be copied but not removed, exception, procedure — denial of access, procedure.
Effective – 28 Aug 2004 610.023. Records of governmental bodies to be in care of custodian, duties — records may be copied but not removed, exception, procedure — denial of access, procedure. — 1. Each public governmental body is to appoint a custodian who is to be responsible for the maintenance of that body’s records. […]