Whereas the public bodies that administer the legislative, policy-making, quasi-judicial, administrative, and advisory functions of North Carolina and its political subdivisions exist solely to conduct the people's business, it is the public policy of North Carolina that the hearings, deliberations, and actions of these bodies be conducted openly.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-318.9
Public policy
Applied in 13 court decisions — leading case 165 N.C. App. 100 - Davis v. Durham Mental Health/Development Disabilities/Substance Abuse Area Authority (2004)
Most recently applied in 252 N.C. App. 286 - Hildebran Heritage & Dev. Ass'n, Inc. v. Town of Hildebran (March 2017)
1979, c. 655, s. 1.
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