During the 2012 legislative session, the General Assembly made major changes to the open meetings and open records law. New provisions in this law may require the need for your county to take action by formalizing the method in which executive minutes will be adopted and by designating an open rec
Properly organized meetings provide the structure through which a board of commissioners may debate an issue and come to the decisions that are necessary to manage the affairs of a county.
The Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG) has been working with Representative Jay Powell and Attorney General Sam Olens on the open meetings and open records legislation (HB 397). This legislation passed in the House on March 5 and now heads to the Senate for consideration.
This booklet contains a guide to parliamentary procedure and includes a simple flow chart outlining meetings procedure in summary form as an aid to conducting meetings.
On May 26, 2011 the ACCG General County Government Committee met to address HB 397, which proposes significant changes to Georgia’s open meetings and open records laws.
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