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Τετάρτη 22 Μαΐου 2019

Attorney General's office hasn't yet weighed in on whether Tourism Council is public body







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The attorney general has yet to weigh in on whether the Tourism Council is a public body, and as such subject to open meeting requirements and fulfillment of information requests by the public.

Tourism Council chairman Jeff Wassmer provided a brief update during the group’s monthly meeting Tuesday.

Wassmer said Sen. Thomas K. “Tommy” Norment’s office has sent a letter inquiring about the Tourism Council’s status to the attorney general’s office. A legal opinion is anticipated in a matter of weeks.

Norment sponsored the legislation that created the Tourism Council.

“He’s in a better position to ask the attorney general,” Wassmer said after the meeting, adding that since the inquiry comes on Norment’s letterhead, it might expedite the process.

The Tourism Council discussed its intention to inquire about its status to the attorney general at its meeting April 16. The council has been caught in a period of uncertainty as it tries to figure out whether the body, which is funded entirely through public money, is considered a public body under state code.

That there was a question regarding the group’s public-body status first was broached publicly during a discussion about bylaws at the group’s meeting in March.

The Tourism Council’s legal counsel has said it’s his understanding that the legislative intent for the bill that created the Tourism Council was it would not be considered a public body.

The council’s membership has expressed split opinions about its status and petitioned the state’s Division of Legislative Services to provide guidance.

The Division of Legislative Services provides legal resources to lawmakers in the General Assembly.


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