Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 42 Public Officers And Agencies - Chapter 42.30 Open Public Meetings Act

42.30.010 Legislative declaration
The legislature finds and declares that all public commissions, boards, councils, committees, subcommittees, departments, divisions, offices, and all other public agencies of this state and ...

42.30.020 Definitions
As used in this chapter unless the context indicates otherwise: (1) "Public agency" means: (a) Any state board, commission, committee, department, educational institution, or other ...

42.30.030 Meetings declared open and public
All meetings of the governing body of a public agency shall be open and public and all persons shall be permitted to attend any meeting ...

42.30.040 Conditions to attendance not to be required
A member of the public shall not be required, as a condition to attendance at a meeting of a governing body, to register his name ...

42.30.050 Interruptions -- Procedure
In the event that any meeting is interrupted by a group or groups of persons so as to render the orderly conduct of such meeting ...

42.30.060 Ordinances, rules, resolutions, regulations, etc., adopted at public meetings -- Notice -- Secret voting prohibited
(1) No governing body of a public agency shall adopt any ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, order, or directive, except in a meeting open to the ...

42.30.070 Times and places for meetings -- Emergencies -- Exception
The governing body of a public agency shall provide the time for holding regular meetings by ordinance, resolution, bylaws, or by whatever other rule is ...

42.30.075 Schedule of regular meetings -- Publication in state register -- Notice of change -- "Regular" meetings defined
State agencies which hold regular meetings shall file with the code reviser a schedule of the time and place of such meetings on or before ...

42.30.080 Special meetings
A special meeting may be called at any time by the presiding officer of the governing body of a public agency or by a majority ...

42.30.090 Adjournments
The governing body of a public agency may adjourn any regular, adjourned regular, special or adjourned special meeting to a time and place specified in ...

42.30.100 Continuances
Any hearing being held, noticed, or ordered to be held by a governing body at any meeting may by order or notice of continuance be ...

42.30.110 Executive sessions
(1) Nothing contained in this chapter may be construed to prevent a governing body from holding an executive session during a regular or special meeting: ...

42.30.120 Violations -- Personal liability -- Penalty -- Attorney fees and costs
(1) Each member of the governing body who attends a meeting of such governing body where action is taken in violation of any provision of ...

42.30.130 Violations -- Mandamus or injunction
Any person may commence an action either by mandamus or injunction for the purpose of stopping violations or preventing threatened violations of this chapter by ...

42.30.140 Chapter controlling -- Application
If any provision of this chapter conflicts with the provisions of any other statute, the provisions of this chapter shall control: PROVIDED, That this chapter ...

42.30.200 Governing body of recognized student association at college or university -- Chapter applicability to
The multimember student board which is the governing body of the recognized student association at a given campus of a public institution of higher education ...

42.30.210 Assistance by attorney general
The attorney general's office may provide information, technical assistance, and training on the provisions of this chapter.[2001 c 216 § 2.] ...

42.30.900 Short title
This chapter may be cited as the "Open Public Meetings Act of 1971".[1971 ex.s. c 250 § 16.] ...

42.30.910 Construction -- 1971 ex.s. c 250
The purposes of this chapter are hereby declared remedial and shall be liberally construed.[1971 ex.s. c 250 § 18.] ...

42.30.920 Severability -- 1971 ex.s. c 250
If any provision of this act, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act, or the application ...