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The Open Meetings Act specifies limited categories of meetings that may be closed; all other types of meetings must be open.

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Note that depending upon specific circumstances other provisions of the Georgia Code may be applicable and override the Act:

Excluding the privacy exception, there are no rules, judicially or legislatively imposed, that exempt certain discussions from the Montana open meetings law. Rather, the court will examine on a case-by-case basis the necessity for closing the meeting and the presiding officer's determination that the demand of individual privacy clearly exceeds the merits of public disclosure.

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Other categories: Planning.

The Sunshine Law expressly applies to the Land Use Commission; its meetings must be open to the public. Haw. Rev. Stat. § 92-6(b).

Maui Corporation Counsel held that an "informational meeting" between the Planning and Land Use Committee of the Maui County Council and members of the Kihei-Makena Citizens Advisory Committee did not violate the Sunshine Law. Because it was not the Land Use Commission, the rules of the council, not Section 92-6(b), governed its conduct. Maui Corp. Counsel Op. (Sept. 27, 1985).