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Comparing access to open meetings and record laws
 


published: 9/22/2002

The National Freedom of Information Coalition has assembled a summary of open meetings and records laws. Here's a look at provisions in South Dakota and area states:

South Dakota

• Open meetings law allows public meetings to be closed for discussions of legal matters; employee or student performance; labor negotiations; and pricing strategies by publicly owned competitive businesses.

•The open records law exempts savings and loan association reports; school records; juvenile court records; adoption records; hospital licensing and inspection information; and medical research information.

Minnesota

• Minnesota open meetings law allows meeting to be closed for attorney consultation; personnel matters; labor negotiations; internal affairs for law enforcement personnel; criminal investigations; medical data; welfare data; and hospital boards considering marketing strategy.

• Open records law allows exemptions for juvenile court records and some personnel information.

Nebraska

• Open meetings law allows meetings to be closed for collective bargaining; real estate purchases; litigation; to protect an individual's reputation; and security personnel and devices.

• Open records law exempts personal information on student and personnel records; medical records; trade secrets; academic and scientific research; attorney work products; law enforcement or investigative records; some archeological records; and real estate appraisals.

Iowa

• Open meetings law allows 10 exemptions.

• Open records law has 42 exemptions, including personal information of public school students, hospital and medical records, trade secrets, peace officers' investigative reports and lawyers' work related to litigation.

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