Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 13A-14-2 (2026)
Executive or Secret Sessions of Certain Boards.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Repealed by Act 2005-40, p. 55, §10, effective October 1, 2005.
(Acts 1915, No. 278, p. 314; Code 1923, §§5254, 5255; Code 1940, T. 14, §§393, 394; Code 1975, §13-5-1; Act 2004-487, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16
cases, 1984–2010 · leading case: Water Works & Sewer Bd. of Selma v. Randolph, 833 So. 2d 604 (Ala. 2002).
Water Works & Sewer Bd. of Selma v. Randolph, 833 So. 2d 604 (Ala. 2002). “Two days later, on November 22, 2000, Randolph filed an action against the Board, the four other members of the Board (Hicks, Melton, Sexton, and Tucker), and attorneys Pitts and Kelly, alleging that the defendants had held a secret meeting of the Board without notice to the…”
Thompson v. City of Clio, 765 F. Supp. 1066 (M.D. Ala. 1991). “1975 Code of Alabama § 13A-14-2. It is true that this statute, which by its terms forbids “executive or secret session^]” of any public body, including “municipal councils],” requires that Clio city council meetings be “open to the public,” of which Thompson is a member although…”
Underwood v. Alabama State Bd. of Educ., 39 So. 3d 120 (Ala. 2009). “The action sought a judgment declaring, among other things, that the Commission had violated the Alabama Sunshine Law, Ala.Code 1975, § 13A-14-2, by failing to ‘provide the public with notice of a meeting it held by special session .”
City of Bessemer v. McClain, 957 So. 2d 1061 (Ala. 2006). “The trial court, as a result of this proceeding, found a violation of state law in the imposition of an illegal tax on the public.”
Dillard v. Crenshaw Cnty., 748 F. Supp. 819 (M.D. Ala. 1990). “Code § 13A-14-2(a). The court need not determine whether the negotiation sessions between the plaintiffs and one or two members of the Shelby County Commission violated this law, however, because the Alabama Supreme Court has held that actions taken in violation of § 13A-14-2…”
Tennessee Valley Printing Co. v. Health Care Auth. of Lauderdale Cnty., 61 So. 3d 1027 (Ala. 2010). “It appears that the phrase “or other similar law” directly references § 13A-14-2, and, in fact, the legislature in 2005 repealed § 13A-14-2 and adopted a new open-meetings law, which contains more detail and regulations on public meetings, i.”
Hall, Moffett v. Alabama Ass'n of Sch. Boards, Sandra Sims-Degraffenreid, 326 F.3d 1157 (11th Cir. 2003). “The Sunshine Law, 1975 Ala.Code, § 13A-14-2, reads: "(a) No executive or secret session shall be held by any of the following named boards, commissions or courts of Alabama, namely: Alabama public service commission; school commissions of Alabama; board of adjustment; state or…”
Ex Parte Shelby Med. Ctr., Inc., 564 So. 2d 63 (Ala. 1990). “Vote by written ballot The hospitals claim that SHPDA's vote by written ballot violates the Alabama Sunshine Act, § 13A-14-2, Code 1975. This Act prohibits executive or secret sessions by certain state agencies, including SHPDA, and provides for a fine of $10 to $500 for…”
Ex Parte Sierra Club, 674 So. 2d 54 (Ala. 1995). “In December 1994, Sierra filed an action for a declaratory judgment and a permanent injunction against the Commission and ADEM, contending that the Commission had hired John Smith as the new director of ADEM without proper notice and in a closed meeting, in violation of the…”
City of Wetumpka v. Cent. Elmore Water Auth., 703 So. 2d 907 (Ala. 1997). “" By unanimous consent of the Water Board, whether given by telephone or in person, and whether at a regular meeting or not, this contract was signed, and it has been enforced for three years.”
Blackston v. Alabama, 30 F.3d 117 (11th Cir. 1994). “1 Although the parties dispute whether the Committee was subject to Alabama’s open meetings or “sunshine” law, Ala.Code § 13A-14-2 (1982), we must at this stage accept the allegation in the complaint that the March 16 meeting was a public meeting subject to this law.”
Huntsville-Madison Cnty. Airport Auth. v. The Huntsville Times, 564 So. 2d 904 (Ala. 1990). “Specifically, the Airport Authority stated that the Times had accused it of conduct in violation of the “Sunshine Law,” Ala.Code 1975, § 13A-14-2. The Airport Authority’s complaint sought favorable answers to the following questions: “(a) Whether [the Airport Authority] is an…”
— Ala. Code § 13A-14-2(a) — 2 cases
Water Works & Sewer Bd. of Selma v. Randolph, 833 So. 2d 604 (Ala. 2002). “Two days later, on November 22, 2000, Randolph filed an action against the Board, the four other members of the Board (Hicks, Melton, Sexton, and Tucker), and attorneys Pitts and Kelly, alleging that the defendants had held a secret meeting of the Board without notice to the…”
Dillard v. Crenshaw Cnty., 748 F. Supp. 819 (M.D. Ala. 1990). “Code § 13A-14-2(a). The court need not determine whether the negotiation sessions between the plaintiffs and one or two members of the Shelby County Commission violated this law, however, because the Alabama Supreme Court has held that actions taken in violation of § 13A-14-2…”
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