SUMMARY:

            This bill would amend Chapter 14 of Title 50 of the O.C. G. A. to change the Open Meetings Act to specify how a challenge may be made to actions taken when the law is alleged to have been violated.

REQUIREMENTS:

• The current law requires that any action contesting a resolution, rule, regulation, ordinance or other formal action taken during a meeting that allegedly was in violation of the Open Meetings Act be filed within 90 days of the date of the contested action.
• The proposed change would prohibit such action from proceeding when the contested action involved acquisition of real estate until the minutes of the contested meeting have been made public.
• The proposed change clarifies that discussions of real estate acquisition are exempt from the Open Meetings Act, but final action to approve or disapprove such acquisitions must be made in a public meeting.