Annotations for Decision

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). Full Details

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 this section; 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). Full Details

By conducting its final deliberations in a closed session without substantial compliance with this section, the State Board of Accountancy rendered its action in censuring an accountant voidable under KRS 61.830 (now repealed); however, since the accountant raised no objection and demonstrated no prejudice as a result of the Board’s action, the action was not void.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). Full Details

The State Board of Accountancy is not a quasi-judicial body excluded from the definition of “public agency” found in KRS 61.805, since otherwise any administrative agency which occasionally held hearings on certain matters could exempt itself from the open meetings statutes and, moreover, there would be no need for the exception to the open meeting requirement found in subsection (6) (now (f)) of this section, because any agency which held any disciplinary hearings would be quasi-judicial; accordingly, the Board violated the open meeting laws by conducting its final deliberations on the question of whether to censure an accountant in a closed session. Stinson v. State Bd. of Accountancy, 625 S.W.2d 589, 1981 Ky. App. LEXIS 304 (Ky. Ct. App. 1981). Full Details

The State Board of Accountancy is not a quasi-judicial body excluded from the definition of “public agency” found in this section, since otherwise any administrative agency which occasionally held hearings on certain matters could exempt itself from the open meetings statutes and, moreover, there would be no need for the exception to the open meeting requirement found in KRS 61.810(6) (now (1)(f)), because any agency which held any disciplinary hearings would be quasi-judicial; accordingly, the board violated the open meeting laws by conducting its final deliberations on the question of whether to censure an accountant in a closed session. Stinson v. State Bd. of Accountancy, 625 S.W.2d 589, 1981 Ky. App. LEXIS 304 (Ky. Ct. App. 1981). Full Details