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- The Kentucky Open Records and Open Meetings Acts are two important means by which the citizens of this great Commonwealth can access their government, and government officials can maintain transparency for the citizens they serve.
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June 2021. This resource explains the procedural and substantive provisions of the Open Meetings Act, KRS 61.800 to 61.850, and the Open Records Act, KRS 61.870 to 61.884, and contains basic information about the Acts. Under KRS 15.257(1), the Office of the Attorney General distributes this written information to assist the public in ...
- Kentucky Open Records and Open Meetings Acts, August 2019
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- Kentucky Open Records and Open Meetings Acts, August 2019
The Open Records and Open Meetings Acts: Kentucky’s laws on open records and open meetings affect every public agency. It is important that a public agency is prepared to deal with the array of legal questions that arise under those laws. This resource provides an analysis of the Open Records and Open Meetings Acts and is designed to assist ...
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Protecting Your Right To Know provides basic information about Kentucky’s Open Records and Open Meetings Laws. The Attorney General provides this booklet to assist the citizens of Kentucky in understanding their right of access to records and meetings under the Open Records and Open Meetings Laws.
What are public records? The Open Records Act applies to public records maintained by state and local government agencies. The agencies covered by the Act include: State and local government officers, departments, and legislative bodies; County and city governing bodies, school district boards, special district boards, and municipal corporations;
The Kentucky Open Records Act ( KRS 61.870 to KRS 61.884) outlines the rules regarding public access to the library’s records. These records are any records that are prepared, owned, used, possessed, or retained by a public agency in any format, and must be made available upon request.
Kentucky Open Records and Open Meetings Acts: Rules and Regulations. Purpose. Public policy requires “free and open examination of public records.” KRS 61.871. Accordingly, the Agency must respond effectively and efficiently to records requests in a consistent and coordinated manner.
Like the Open Records Act, Kentucky’s General Assembly has revised the Open Meetings Act several times since then. There are many similarities between the Open Records Act and the Open Meetings Act: Both contain explicit statements favoring public access.
