Attorney General Opinion No. 1988-148

Download or read book Attorney General Opinion No. 1988-148 written by Robert T. Stephan and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pursuant to K.S.A. 75-4319(b)(4), a public body may recess into executive session to discuss confidential financial data or trade secrets. The open meetings act is to be interpreted broadly to give effect to the legislative intent that meetings of public bodies be accessible to the public; exceptions to the act must be construed narrowly. Thus, public bodies must take care to recess into executive session on the basis of K.S.A. 75-4319(b)(4) only when the topic of conversation clearly involves c̲o̲n̲f̲i̲d̲e̲n̲t̲i̲a̲l̲ financial data, or "trade secrets" as that term has been defined by Kansas courts. Cited herein: K.S.A. 60-3320; 75-4317; K.S.A. 1987 Supp. 75-4318; K.S.A. 75-4319, as amended by L. 1988, ch. 315, section 4.