Concerning A Clarification Of The Circumstances Under Which Voting To Elect Leadership Of A Public Body May Be Held By Secret Ballot In Accordance With The State Open Meetings Law.
The bill prohibits a state or local public body from adopting any proposed policy, position, resolution, rule, or regulation or from taking formal action by secret ballot unless otherwise authorized in accordance with the provisions of the state open meetings law. The bill permits a state or local public body to elect the leadership of that same public body by secret ballot but requires the outcome of the vote to be recorded contemporaneously in the minutes of the body. The bill is not to be construed to affect the existing powers of a school board to use a secret ballot.