Annotations for Statute

A newspaper was entitled, upon request, to receive notice of special commission meetings called by a city which was located within the 12-county region in which the newspaper was distributed; the newspaper was ruled a local newspaper with general circulation because of its limited distribution region and because it gathered and reported economic, educational, sports, human interest, government and court news at the local level. E.W. Scripps Co. v. Maysville, 790 S.W.2d 450, 1990 Ky. App. LEXIS 71 (Ky. Ct. App. 1990) (decided under prior law).

By conducting its final deliberations in a closed session without substantial compliance with KRS 61.815, the State Board of Accountancy rendered its action in censuring an accountant voidable under former law making action of public agency void for noncompliance with the requirements of these statutes; however, since the accountant raised no objection and demonstrated no prejudice as a result of the Board’s action, the action was not void. Stinson v. State Bd. of Accountancy, 625 S.W.2d 589, 1981 Ky. App. LEXIS 304 (Ky. Ct. App. 1981) (decided under prior law).

Former members of a public board had constitutional standing to raise violations of the Open Meetings Act with respect to a county fiscal court’s action in removing them and the subsequent action by the board approving a lease termination agreement because they clearly alleged distinct and palpable injuries caused by the actions of the fiscal court and the board for which they would be entitled to a remedy under the Act; any action taken by the fiscal court in violation of the Act was voidable. Lincoln Trail Grain Growers Ass'n v. Meade Cty. Fiscal Court, 632 S.W.3d 766, 2021 Ky. App. LEXIS 89 (Ky. Ct. App. 2021).

To be entitled to notice of special meetings, a newspaper must show that it serves a limited geographical area and that its coverage of news in a particular city or county is regular and intensive. E.W. Scripps Co. v. Maysville, 790 S.W.2d 450, 1990 Ky. App. LEXIS 71 (Ky. Ct. App. 1990) (decided under prior law).

Where school board changed monthly meeting date in open meeting, where press release had been issued, where newspaper article appeared, and where citizens appeared at the meeting, there was no positive showing that the board had decided any matters regarding closing the school in closed session. Coppage v. Ohio County Bd. of Educ., 860 S.W.2d 779, 1992 Ky. App. LEXIS 182 (Ky. Ct. App. 1992).