M1F2

(This section is blank. See the point above.)

(This section is blank. See the point above.)

No specific provision for or limitation of photographic recordings. Presumably, however, section 42:8(A) permits both motion picture "filming" and still photography.

The statute does not address photography of meetings; the Ohio Attorney General has opined that videotaping is permissible; as a matter of custom, photography and video taping of meetings by news organizations is fairly common. 1988 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 88-087.

"Audio- or videotape recordings . . . are all legitimate means of satisfying the requirements of R.C. 121.22." White v. Clinton Cty. Bd. of Comm'rs, 76 Ohio St. 3d 416, 667 N.E.2d 1223 (1996).

Members of the press and the public have the right to make video recordings of meetings, so long as the mechanics of recording are not disruptive. Ark. Op. Att’y Gen. No. 83-213. Similarly, the media have the right to broadcast a meeting “live,” subject to reasonable limitations to prevent disruption or interference with the meeting. Ark. Op. Att’y Gen. No. 77-086.

Any person attending a public proceeding has a right to film the proceedings, or to make a live broadcast, provided that the filming or broadcasting does not interfere with the orderly conduct of proceedings. 1 M.R.S.A. § 404. Bodies and agencies are authorized to make reasonable rules and regulations governing these activities but may not prohibit them.

Any person may record "by videotape, audiotape or by any other method" a public meeting provided the act of recording does not interfere with the conduct of the meeting. 25 O.S. § 312.C.

Under both Acts, any person attending an open and public meeting of a state body or a legislative body of a local agency has the right to record and broadcast the proceedings with a video recorder or motion picture camera unless the body reasonably finds that the recording disrupts the proceedings by noise, illumination or obstruction of view. Cal. Gov't Code §§ 11124.1(a) and (c) (Bagley-Keene Act); 54953.5(a), 54953.6 (Brown Act).

The Act makes no provision for photographic recordings of closed meetings.

The statute does not deal with this subject.