Statutes > Iowa Statutes > Title 1 - State Sovereignty and Management > Subtitle 9 - Restraints on Government > CHAPTER 21 - OFFICIAL MEETINGS OPEN TO PUBLIC (OPEN MEETINGS) > 21.3 - MEETINGS OF GOVERNMENTAL BODIES.

21.3 - MEETINGS OF GOVERNMENTAL BODIES.

        21.3  MEETINGS OF GOVERNMENTAL BODIES.
         Meetings of governmental bodies shall be preceded by public notice
      as provided in section 21.4 and shall be held in open session unless
      closed sessions are expressly permitted by law.  Except as provided
      in section 21.5, all actions and discussions at meetings of
      governmental bodies, whether formal or informal, shall be conducted
      and executed in open session.
         Each governmental body shall keep minutes of all its meetings
      showing the date, time and place, the members present, and the action
      taken at each meeting.  The minutes shall show the results of each
      vote taken and information sufficient to indicate the vote of each
      member present.  The vote of each member present shall be made public
      at the open session.  The minutes shall be public records open to
      public inspection.
         Section History: Early Form
         [C71, 73, 75, 77, § 28A.1, 28A.5; C79, 81, § 28A.3]
         Section History: Recent Form
         C85, § 21.3
         93 Acts, ch 25, § 2
         Referred to in § 372.13