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Neither the courts nor the attorney general have issued a statement on the application of section 286.011 to multistate or regional bodies.

If a public governmental body participates in a multistate or regional body (such as a planning authority), then the law affords a right of access to those meetings. See Mo.Rev.Stat. §  610.010(4)(g).

Multistate or regional bodies are not specifically mentioned in the Act, although the definition of a "meeting" includes a deliberation between a quorum of a governmental body and "another person." § 551.001(4). Such a body also may fit the definition of a "special district" covered by the Act. See Sierra Club v. Austin Trans. Study Policy Advisory Comm., 746 S.W.2d 298, 301 (Tex.

No express statutory provisions cover these bodies, and no cases have addressed the applicability of the Act to such bodies. However, pursuant to analogous case law, the Act would apply to such bodies if Georgia's participation on any such body were pursuant to the laws of this state and served some public function. O.C.G.A. 50-14-1(a)(1)(D). See, e.g., Northwest Ga. Health Sys. v. Times-Journal, 218 Ga. App. 336, 461 S.E.2d 297 (1995) (Act applies to non-profit corporation operating public hospitals); Jersawitz v. Fortson, 213 Ga. App.

Multistate or regional bodies that receive public funds are subject to the law. See Mont. Code Ann § 2-3-203(1).

The Open Meetings Act does not state whether multistate or regional bodies (such as planning authorities) fall within its scope. However, if a quorum of a public body meets at a multistate or regional meeting, and discusses or takes action on a subject over which the public body has jurisdiction, the Open Meetings Act arguably should apply. See Utah Code Ann. § 52-4-103(7).

It is unlikely, although not impossible, that such organizations will meet the Sunshine Law definition of "board."

No case law. There is a serious federal constitutional question whether a state can unilaterally enforce its laws against an agency created by an interstate compact of which the state is a member and to which Congress has given its consent. The Nebraska Attorney General has opined that the open meeting law does not apply to the Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission, an administrative body created by an interstate compact. Op. Att'y Gen. No. 89008 (2-14-89).

Not specified.

Regional bodies within the State of Idaho, such as planning authorities, are subject to the Open Meeting Law if they are created by or pursuant to statute. Idaho Code § 67-2341(4)(b). The law does not expressly encompass multistate bodies, although its language is broad enough to arguably include them within its scope so long as they are created by or pursuant to statute. The law does not address any jurisdictional disputes that might be raised in attempting to impose the law's requirements upon a multistate body.