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Florida's Government in the Sunshine Law, commonly called the Sunshine Law, passed in 1967. It requires that all meetings of any state, county, or municipal board or commission in Florida be open to the public, and declares that actions taken at closed meetings are not binding ( Section 286.011 , Florida Statutes ).
Florida’s Government-in-the-Sunshine law establishes that all state agency board meetings, which includes those at public universities, “are declared to be public meetings open to the public ...
Osceola County has lost its appeal of a ruling that it held a meeting during the COVID-19 pandemic that violated Florida’s Sunshine Law. Now, after another county meeting for Hurricane Idalia, a ...
The open government laws in Florida are focused on three areas: [1] Statutory public records ↓ (codified at Fla. Stat. secs. 119.01 to 119.15 (1995)), Statutory public meetings ↓ (the Florida Sunshine Law, codified at Fla. Stat. secs. 286.011 to 286.012 (1991)), Judicial access decisional law ↓.
It added a Sunshine Law requiring public meetings in 1967. Then, in 1992, Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment guaranteeing a public right to access records and meetings.
The Government in the Sunshine Act (Pub. L. 94–409, 90 Stat. 1241, enacted September 13, 1976, 5 U.S.C. § 552b) is a U.S. law passed in 1976 that affects the operations of the federal government, Congress, federal commissions, and other legally constituted federal bodies.
Per the Sunshine Law (§ 947.06, F.S.), public meetings such as those held by the Commission must be noticed at least seven (7) days in advance. This is done by the commission's Office of the Commission Clerk. Prior to each meeting, an agenda is prepared and is made available on the commission's website.
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