New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act

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New Jersey state statute open meetings law sunshine law

The New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act is a state “sunshine law” that requires governmental bodies in New Jersey to conduct their meetings transparently, with advance public notice and access to deliberations and decisions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act canonical	4
subject to New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Jersey state statute ⓘ open meetings law ⓘ sunshine law ⓘ
allows	executive sessions for limited, specified purposes ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	NJ Open Public Meetings Act NERFINISHED ⓘ New Jersey Sunshine Law NERFINISHED ⓘ OPMA NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	New Jersey counties ⓘ New Jersey municipalities NERFINISHED ⓘ New Jersey school boards NERFINISHED ⓘ public bodies in New Jersey ⓘ quorum of members of a public body deliberating public business ⓘ state agencies in New Jersey ⓘ
contains	enforcement provisions ⓘ notice requirements for regular meetings ⓘ notice requirements for special meetings ⓘ provisions on emergency meetings ⓘ requirements for keeping meeting minutes ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
enactedBy	New Jersey Legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ
enforcedBy	New Jersey courts NERFINISHED ⓘ
governs	decision-making processes of public bodies in New Jersey ⓘ deliberations of public bodies in New Jersey ⓘ
jurisdiction	State of New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalStatus	binding law in New Jersey ⓘ
objective	to prevent secret decision-making by public bodies ⓘ to promote public participation in government ⓘ
provides	for possible civil penalties for knowing violations ⓘ remedies for violations including voiding of actions in some circumstances ⓘ
purpose	to ensure transparency in governmental decision-making ⓘ to guarantee public access to meetings of public bodies ⓘ to provide the public with advance notice of governmental meetings ⓘ
regulates	when a public body may meet in closed session ⓘ
relatedTo	New Jersey Open Public Records Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
requires	advance public notice of meetings ⓘ that meetings of public bodies be open to the public ⓘ that minutes of meetings be made reasonably available to the public ⓘ that official actions be taken at open meetings ⓘ
scope	local public bodies in New Jersey ⓘ state-level public bodies in New Jersey ⓘ
signedBy	Governor of New Jersey ⓘ
subjectArea	administrative law ⓘ government transparency ⓘ state and local government law ⓘ
typeOf	good governance measure ⓘ transparency legislation ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Borough Council of Highland Park → subjectTo → New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act ⓘ

Trenton City Council → subjectTo → New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act ⓘ

Franklin Township Council → openMeetingsLawCompliance → New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act ⓘ

Edison Township Council → subjectTo → New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act ⓘ

Livingston Township Council → transparencyRequirement → New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: subject to New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act