Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...Shankweiler, of Patterson, Maloney & Frazier, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant. Daniel Neal Heller and Tobias Simon and Beverly Gurevitz, Miami, for appellee. ADKINS, Justice. This is a direct appeal from a final judgment of the Circuit Court of Broward County, Florida, declaring Fla. Stat., § 286.011, F.S.A....

...luded other than the press from these conference meetings at all times, except on express invitation by the board to members of the public other than the press." The Court, after discussing the law, declared Ch. 67-356, Laws of Fla., now Fla. Stat., § 286.011, F.S.A., to be a valid and constitutional law....

...e taken or agreement be made that could officially bind the municipal corporation, or the individual members of the council, and hence such a gathering would not constitute a `meeting' of the council." (Emphasis added.) Subsection (1) of Fla. Stat., § 286.011 (F.S.A.), the Sunshine Law under consideration, provides as follows: "All meetings of any board or commission of any state agency or authority or of any agency or authority of any county, municipal corporation or any political subdivision,...

...The fact that a statute embracing the matter of open meetings for certain boards and commissions also contains provisions for criminal penalties and an injunction by application of citizens does not make the act unconstitutional. Subsection (3) of Fla. Stat., § 286.011, F.S.A., provides that any person who violates the provisions of the act "by attending a meeting not held in accordance with the provisions hereof," is guilty of a misdemeanor....

...The final judgment, inter alia, enjoins the defendant from the holding of any meeting or conference session, "* * * at which are held any discussions on current, or foreseeably so, matters, not privileged, pertaining to the duties and responsibilities of the Board of Public Instruction of Broward County." Fla. Stat., § 286.011 (F.S.A.) contains no exception....

...Town of Palm Beach, 279 So.2d 353), which is accompanied by a certificate of the District Court of Appeal that its decision has passed upon a question of great public interest, to-wit: "Whether a zoning ordinance adopted by zoning authorities and the Town Council after public hearings is rendered invalid under the § 286.011, F.S....

...itution, at which official acts are to be taken are declared to be public meetings open to the public at all times, and no resolution, rule, regulation or formal action shall be considered binding except as taken or made at such meeting." Fla. Stat. § 286.011, F.S.A....

...ions of the government in the sunshine law. Cases from other jurisdictions dealing with the scope of similar statutes compel the conclusion that bodies such as the Palm Beach Planning Committee selected by the Town Council are governed by Fla. Stat. § 286.011, F.S.A....

...Although a criminal prosecution requires proof of scienter (Board of Public Instruction of Broward County v. Doran, 224 So.2d 693, 699 (Fla. 1969)), an unintended violation of the government in the *478 sunshine law will negate any action taken by the Town Council. Fla. Stat. § 286.011, F.S.A....

...It suffices here to say that mere absence of bad faith or other impropriety on the part of the public body should not ordinarily move the court to stay its hand in voiding official action taken contrary to the statute upon proper application therefor. " (Emphasis supplied.) (pp. 308-309) Fla. Stat. § 286.011(1), F.S.A., specifically provides that "no resolution, rule, regulation or formal action shall be considered binding" where the government in the sunshine law is violated....

...The plan finally proposed by the consultants was adopted, with some modifications, by the Zoning Commission and Town Council, following public meetings and discussion. The adoption of the plan was accordingly carried out "in the sunshine." The controlling statutory law in this case is, of course, Fla. Stat. § 286.011 F.S.A., which provides: "(1) All meetings of any board or commission of any state agency or authority or of any agency or authority of any county, municipal corporation or any political subdivision, except as otherwise provided in the cons...

...mplained of did not fall within the purview of the Sunshine Law. The district court of appeal reversed the trial court's finding, reasoning that the Town Council should not be able to do by proxy that which it is forbidden to do itself by Fla. Stat. § 286.011, F.S.A., suggesting that the Planning Committee had de facto authority to act on behalf of the Town Council, so that it must stand in the shoes of the Council in regard to the Government in the Sunshine Law....

...1969)), or city councils (City of Miami Beach v. Berns, 245 So.2d 38 (Fla. 1971)), must be in the "Sunshine," reasoning: "A secret meeting occurs when public officials meet at a time and place to avoid being seen or heard by the public. When at such meetings officials mentioned in Fla. Stat. § 286.011, F.S.A., *481 transact or agree to transact public business at a future time in a certain manner they violate the government in the sunshine law, regardless of whether the meeting is formal or informal." City of Miami Beach v....

...However, both cases involved meetings of officials mentioned in the statute, to-wit: "[A]ny board or commission of any state agency or authority or of any agency or authority of any county, municipal corporation or any political subdivision, except as otherwise provided in the constitution." Fla. Stat. § 286.011(1), F.S.A....

...or commission." These were solely private citizens, unsalaried volunteers. In my view, the language of the statute mandates that the fact that a purely advisory group of private citizens did not hold public meetings, is not a violation of Fla. Stat. § 286.011, F.S.A., such as to void official action later taken in the "Sunshine" by the Zoning Commission over a period of five days of public hearings and debate and thereafter, by the City Council, after six days of public hearings at which the only decisions were made....

...Turnbull and Arthur C. Canaday, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, amici curiae. LILES, Chief Judge. The 1967 session of the Florida Legislature enacted Chapter 67-356, Laws of Florida, 1967, [1] which became effective July 1, 1967, and appears in Florida Statutes as § 286.011, F.S.A....

...Fla. Const. art. V § 4(2), F.S.A.; City of Miami Beach v. Berns, 231 So.2d 847 (Fla.App.3rd 1970). The question presented by the petitioners reads as follows: "Whether the Third District Court of Appeal erred in holding that the provisions of F.S.A. 286.011, rather than the provisions of F.S.A....

...ormal executive sessions at which the public is excluded for the discussion of condemnation matters, personnel matters, pending litigation or any other matter relating to city government." We must first determine whether the provisions of Fla. Stat. § 286.011, F.S.A., supersedes or repeals Fla....

...invalidate action taken at a closed session In Turk v. Richard, 47 So.2d 543 (Fla. 1950), this Court held that the "open meeting" requirement applied only when the municipal council was assembled in a formal session attended by a quorum. Fla. Stat. § 286.011, F.S.A., reads in part: "286.011, Public meetings and records; public inspection; penalties "(1) All meetings of any board or commission of any state agency or authority or of any agency or authority of any county, municipal corporation or any political subdivision except as...

...Conviction carries a fine up to five hundred dollars and a jail sentence up to six months, or both. No action shall be considered as binding unless taken at a public meeting as prescribed by the statute. In Board of Public Instruction of Broward County v. Doran, 224 So.2d 693 (Fla.1969), we held that Fla. Stat. § 286.011, F.S.A., was applicable to a county board of public instruction and was not limited to formal meetings....

...State, 203 So.2d 173 (Fla.App.2nd, 1967). The intent of the act as reflected by its language and legislative setting is absorbed into and becomes a part of the law itself. Pillans & Smith Co. v. Lowe, 117 Fla. 249, 157 So. 649 (1934). It appears to us that in enacting Fla. Stat. § 286.011, F.S.A., the Legislature intended a general revision of the law applicable to open meetings of public agencies. In such a situation a later statute operates as a substitute for or repeal of an earlier one. We therefore hold that Fla. Stat. § 286.011, F.S.A., supersedes and repeals Fla....

...The next question to be determined is whether a city council can hold informal executive sessions at which the public is excluded for the discussion of condemnation matters, personnel matters, pending litigation or any other matter relating to city government. The Government in the Sunshine Law, Fla. Stat. § 286.011, F.S.A., was enacted in 1967....

...any meeting or conference session, "`* * * at which are held any discussions on current, or foreseeably *41 so, matters not privileged, pertaining to the duties and responsibilities of the Board of Public Instruction of Broward County.' "Fla. Stat., § 286.011 (F.S.A.) contains no exception....

...Therefore, this portion of the final judgment is amended so as to read as follows: "`* * * at which are held any discussions on matters pertaining to the duties and responsibilities of the Board of Public Instruction of Broward County.'" (p. 700) Whether Fla. Stat. § 286.011, F.S.A., should authorize secret meetings for privileged matter is the concern of the Florida Legislature and unless the Legislature amends Fla. Stat. § 286.011, F.S.A., it should be construed as containing no exceptions. A secret meeting occurs when public officials meet at a time and place to avoid being seen or heard by the public. When at such meetings officials mentioned in Fla. Stat. § 286.011, F.S.A., transact or agree to transact public business at a future time in a certain manner they violate the government in the sunshine law, regardless of whether the meeting is formal or informal....

...rus, tobacco, cattle, poultry and other agricultural and business enterprises, and the injunction remedy is plainly in lieu of other administrative remedies that may be available. [9] The public records act, Chapter 119, and the public meetings act, Section 286.011, plainly authorize suits for injunction in circuit courts in lieu of administrative remedies....

...trict Court of Appeal, Second District, in Times Publishing Co. v. Williams, Fla.App., 222 So.2d 470. We have jurisdiction. Sunad, Inc. v. City of Sarasota, Fla., 122 So.2d 611. Petitioner contends that the Government in the Sunshine Law, Fla. Stat. § 286.011, F.S.A., was violated by the School Board when it recessed a hearing to reach a decision....

...Carlson, 410 So.2d 546 (Fla. 2d DCA 1982); Krause v. Reno, 366 So.2d 1244 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. We quash the decision of the First District. At issue is the applicability of Florida's Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1979), to a faculty committee which seeks out and screens applicants for a university position to which the university president must make the final appointment....

...A similar pattern emerges in considering the application of the Sunshine Law to institutions of higher learning. The legislature has explicitly exempted search-and-screen committees evaluating applicants for the positions of Chancellor of the Board of Regents and presidents of community colleges from the requirements of section 286.011....

...at 1251-52. The parallel to the instant case is clear. In instructing the faculty to elect the search-and-screen committee to perform the elimination portion of the decision-making process, Marston delegated official acts to a board within the meaning of section 286.011(1)....

...*942 OVERTON, Justice, specially concurring. I concur in the majority opinion. I write this concurring opinion to emphasize that it is important for public officials to recognize that this is the first decision of this Court which construes the "board or commission" provision of section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1981), to apply to committees established by a governmental executive....

...unctions and responsibilities of any special boards, commissions, or committees they create to assist them in carrying out their responsibilities. McDONALD, Justice, dissenting. I dissent. The result reached by the district court should be approved. Section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1979), does not apply to a search committee for a dean to a state university....

...I see no express or implied finding of the legislature that a university in the State University System is a state agency or authority. Chapter 240, Florida Statutes, deals generally with postsecondary education in Florida, and it is that chapter, rather than section 286.011, that the majority depends on here....

...I recognize that the members of the State University System are subject to legislative enactments and that for budgetary purposes they are described as agencies. Nevertheless, I see no contemplation that an educational body was to be included within the purview of section 286.011....

...The majority's opinion does both. Even assuming that the state universities are state agencies or authorities, it is clear to me that search committees appointed to recommend to the president an appointee for a deanship were not intended to be subject to section 286.011....

...ng Board. These provisions express a philosophy that search committees are not subject to the Sunshine Law. I have no doubt that, had the legislature contemplated that a member of the State University System was an agency within the contemplation of section 286.011, it would have declared that search committees formed to assist a university in fulfilling its powers and duties to appoint, remove, and reassign vice presidents, academic deans, and other policy level positions reporting directly to the president would not be subject to its provisions. Why indeed would a search committee formed to find a chancellor or a college president be excluded while a search committee to find a dean be included? The specific exclusion from 286.011 obviously was not made because no one contemplated a claim that such committees would be included. Another cogent reason a search committee is not subject to section 286.011 is that it makes no official acts....

...The district court properly relied on the "staff exception" in reaching its decision. Occidental Chemical Co. v. Mayo, 351 So.2d 336 (Fla. 1977); Bennett v. Warden, 333 So.2d 97 (Fla. 2d DCA 1976). Finding the faculty search committee not subject to subsection 286.011(1) is a commonsense construction of that statute which will only serve to further the free exercise of academic and intellectual freedom....

...w because article III, section 1(b) of the Rules of the Supreme Court Relating to Admissions to the Bar requires that to be eligible for admission to The Florida Bar one must have graduated from a school accredited either by the AALS or the ABA. [2] 286.011 Public meetings and records; public inspection; penalties....

...onable award for fees and costs of representing appellees before the district court. [*] § 240.227, Fla. Stat. (1979), sets out the powers and duties of the universities, one of which, § 240.227(5), is involved here. If paragraph (5) is subject to § 286.011, it would seem that the activities prescribed in the other 25 paragraphs of § 240.227 would also have to be conducted in the sunshine.

...for Orange County) (complaint filed January 5, 1981). McCoy claimed, among other things, that the airline agreements violated the Florida constitution, by delegating state authority to private parties, and the Florida government in the sunshine law, Fla.Stat.Ann. § 286.011 (West 1975)....

...Before PEARSON, CHARLES CARROLL and HAVERFIELD, JJ. *289 HAVERFIELD, Judge. These consolidated causes grow out of a final summary judgment issued by Circuit Court Judge Thomas A. Testa in a case involving alleged violations of the Florida Government in the Sunshine Law, F.S. § 286.011, F.S.A. The first, an appeal by J. Robert Hough, Martin D. Kahn, Arthur Wilde and the City of North Miami, involves alleged violations of Florida Statute 286.011 by these members of the North Miami City Council....

...was elected to the office of Mayor and Arthur Wilde and Michael Colodny were elected to the office of councilman. Plaintiff, John Stembridge, in his petition for injunction, alleged that following this election several violations of Florida Statute 286.011 had occurred on various occasions and in particular: (1) on may 19, 1971 in Robert Hough's home at a meeting at which in attendance were Hough, Wilde, Colodny, Martin Kahn [1] and several other individuals, and (2) on June 1, 1971 with no notice having been given nor agenda having been published at a meeting of all the North Miami councilmen with E. May Avil, the City Clerk and Acting City Manager. In order for there to be a violation of F.S. § 286.011, F.S.A., a meeting between two or more public officials must take place which is violative of the statute's spirit, intent, and purpose....

...Doran, Fla. 1969, 224 So.2d 693 and Canney v. Board of Public Instruction of Alachua County, Fla. 1973, 278 So.2d 260 (1973). Appellants contend that the trial court erred in holding that the meeting of May 19, 1971 came within the ambit of Florida Statute 286.011 in that this gathering was not a meeting of members of a governing body....

...In support of their contention they argue that Arthur Wilde and Michael Colodny were councilmen-elect on May 19, 1971 and only J. Robert Hough, Jr. was undisputedly a member of the council, as Group 2 Councilman. Thus, Mr. Hough was the only individual whose conduct was meant to be within the purview of F.S. § 286.011 and, therefore, there was no assemblage of a board or commission....

...uss matters on which foreseeable action may be taken by that board or commission in clear violation of the purpose, intent, and spirit of the Government in the Sunshine Law. We find the position untenable to hold on the one hand that Florida Statute 286.011 is applicable to elected board or commission members who have been officially sworn in and on the other hand inapplicable to members-elect who as yet merely have not taken the oath of public office....

...Therefore, we are in agreement with the court's granting the injunction [2] prayed for by the plaintiff insofar as that injunction (to be discussed at some length hereafter) enjoins the defendants from so meeting without notice to the public in violation of Florida Statute 286.011. The judgment entered by the trial court contained four ordered provisions. First, the court ruled that any action taken by the council as a result of discussions at meetings held on May 19, 1971 and June 1, 1971 were in violation of § 286.011 Fla. Stat., F.S.A., the Sunshine Law. Second, it was held that legislation enacted as a result of said improper meetings could be made effective by the city council if subsequently re-enacted or ratified at a public meeting held pursuant to § 286.011....

...out reasonable notice to the public and to take action on a matter which had not been placed on an agenda. The agenda plots the orderly conduct of business to be taken up at a noticed public meeting as provided for by city charter or ordinance. F.S. § 286.011 does not embody this subject matter nor does it contemplate *291 the necessity for each item to be placed on the agenda before it can be considered by a public noticed meeting of a governmental body....

...based thereon is without merit. The second feature of the challenged injunction deals with the question as to the necessity for reasonable notice for governmental meetings to be given to the public as a requirement of the Sunshine Law. Although F.S. § 286.011, F.S.A....

...V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. The state attorney and the Miami Herald sought a declaratory judgment that a proposed meeting between the city council and its attorney to discuss pending litigation was subject to the open meeting provisions of the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1981). Relying on Bassett v. Braddock, 262 So.2d 425 (Fla. 1972), the trial court concluded that the proposed meeting was neither official nor formal action under section 286.011 and, thus, there was no requirement that the meeting be open to the public....

...e Sunshine Law. The district court also rejected the argument that the attorney-client privilege provisions of the Florida Evidence Code, section 90.502, Florida Statutes (1981), granted an exception for closed meetings because, in the court's view, section 286.011(1) limited exceptions to the Sunshine Law to those created by the constitution....

...If it had so intended, HB 1107 would have been a pointless act. In construing legislation, courts should not assume that the legislature acted pointlessly. Sharer v. Hotel Corp. of America, 144 So.2d 813, 817 (Fla. 1962). Petitioners next urge, alternatively, that reading section 286.011 to deny them a right to private meetings with their attorney places section 286.011 in conflict with Florida Bar Code of Professional Responsibility, Disciplinary Rule 4-101 and Ethical Consideration 4-2, and infringes on the constitutional authority of this Court under article V, section 15, Florida Constitution to regulate the practice of law....

...s occur in a public meeting. Finally, the attorney/client privilege belongs to the client, not the attorney. The legislature has plenary constitutional authority to regulate the activities of political subdivisions and can require, as it has done in section 286.011, that meetings be open to the public....

...e the political process function. On this point, petitioners' arguments go beyond the issue here of consultations with attorneys on pending litigation to ask that we recede completely from Doran and Berns. Essentially, petitioners would have us read section 286.011 narrowly and hold that it applies only to the climatic meetings where official actions and acts are approved by the governing body....

...One can argue and reargue whether the broad reading of the Sunshine Law in Doran and its progeny is politically wise. [*] The fact remains *826 that Doran was rendered fifteen years ago and placed the legislature and all concerned on notice of our broad reading of section 286.011. Doran has not been overruled by amendment to section 286.011 and petitioners have not presented a persuasive argument that we should overturn countless decisions broadly reading section 286.011....

...OVERTON, J., concurs specially with an opinion, in which EHRLICH, J., concurs. McDONALD, J., dissents with an opinion, in which ALDERMAN, J., concurs. OVERTON, Justice, concurring specially. I concur specially to emphasize that we are construing the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1981), as it applies to meetings of boards, commissions, or authorities of counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions of this state where official acts are taken....

...executive officers. See Wood v. Marston, 442 So.2d 934 (Fla. 1983); Occidental Chemical Co. v. Mayo, 351 So.2d 336 (Fla. 1977); Bennett v. Warden, 333 So.2d 97 (Fla. 2d DCA 1976). See also Wood v. Marston, 442 So.2d at 942 (Overton, J., concurring). Section 286.011 does not apply to executive officers and there is no violation of the Sunshine Law, as it is presently written, when a conference occurs between an attorney and a government executive, e.g., the governor, a county or city manager, a m...

...the National Conference on State Courts, Williamsburg, Virginia, March 20, 1978, at 17. [58] Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479, 85 S.Ct. 1678, 14 L.Ed.2d 510 (1965). [59] See, e.g., ch. 119, Fla. Stat. (1977) (inspection of public records law); § 286.011, Fla....

...ctive relief against appellants seeking, among other things, to have the trial court declare that any meeting held by appellants to assist the City Manager of the City of Miami in choosing a new police chief was subject to the provisions of Sections 286.011 and 286.012, Florida Statutes (1977), and to permanently enjoin appellants from meeting unless the provisions of Section 286.011 were met, i.e., basically, that any such meeting be open to the public....

...nts are before the Court. "The uncontroverted and stipulated facts are as follows: "1. This is an action for declaratory judgment pursuant to Chapter 86, Florida Statutes, and for a temporary and permanent injunction pursuant to Sections 286.012 and 286.011, Florida Statutes, and the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, § 1.610....

...etermine the intent of the legislature as it applies to the present case. "The 1967 Session of the Florida Legislature enacted Chapter 67-356, Laws of Florida 1967 which became effective July 1, 1967, and appears in the Florida Statutes as paragraph 286.011, it has appropriately been labeled Florida's `Government In The Sunshine Law'....

...the point of reducing the number of applicants to four or five which they would then recommend to the City Manager and which would constitute an official act on their part, brings them, in the judgment of this Court, clearly within the provision of Section 286.011 of the Florida Statutes....

...ic inspection. "3. The prayer of the Plaintiffs that a declaratory decree declaring that any duly appointed board or committee of the City of Miami which takes official acts or is a step in any official decision-making process is subject to Sections 286.011 and 286.012 of the Florida Statutes be and the same is hereby denied....

...Until such time as we have the benefit of further appellate review or legislative modification, each situation which has not previously been resolved by prior judicial decision will have to be reviewed on its merit, however, if there is any doubt as to whether such board or committee is governed by Section 286.011 of the Florida Statutes, the members of any such board, agency, authority or commission should follow the open-meeting policy of this state. "4. That the defendants and any replacements or substitutions appointed in addition to or in substitution of any or either of them are subject to the government in the Sunshine Law and subject to Sections 286.011 and 286.012 of the Florida Statutes....

...issued to force an advisory group or committee selected by the City Manager, which committee serves under the Manager's direction for the purpose of assisting him in the discharge of a purely administrative duty, to meet within the contemplation of Section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1977) ["Government in the Sunshine Law"]; (2) the City Manager and advisory groups or committees *1250 appointed by him for assistance are not agencies, boards, or commissions within the contemplation of Section 286.011; and (3) the Legislature did not intend for Section 286.011 to be extended to administrative deliberative processes which culminate in the completion of a purely administrative act. Section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1977), provides: "(1) All meetings of any board or commission of any state agency or authority or of any agency or authority of any county, municipal corporation or any political subdivision, except as otherwise pro...

...the instant case; however, even in light of the clear legislative intent in interpreting our Sunshine Law and these attendant interests, this does not answer the primary issue in this appeal, i.e., whether the citizens group meetings were covered by Section 286.011. Based upon the stipulated facts in this cause and upon the points raised by appellants on appeal, two critical questions present themselves for our determination of whether Section 286.011 is applicable as found by the trial court. For purposes of our discussion, we can summarize these two questions as follows: (1) whether the advisory group was a "board" within the meaning of Section 286.011, and (2) whether when the City Manager opted to utilize the advisory group he placed himself within the definition of "agency" as that term is used in Section 286.011....

...*1252 in fact, he did. Thus, in this case, the advisory group was an integral part of the decision-making process. In our opinion, once the City Manager utilized the advisory group to assist him, he created a "board" as that term was contemplated in Section 286.011. The question of whether the City Manager was an "agency" as that term is contemplated by Section 286.011 is one which, in our opinion, must also be answered in the affirmative....

...i, opted to utilize the advisory group, i.e., "board", to directly assist him in the decision-making process to select a new police chief for the City, he placed himself, under these facts, within the definition of the term "agency" as it is used in Section 286.011. Thus, once the City Manager opted to utilize the advisory board, he also opted, at least for this limited purpose, to have himself defined as an "agency" within the contemplation of Section 286.011....

...i.e., the City Commission, and thus is not subject to the Sunshine Law. We believe that this is a non sequitur; both the City Commission and City Manager are ultimately within the dominion of the Florida Legislature, the legislature contemplated by Section 286.011....

...[5] See, e.g., §§ 110.105, 110.233 (in state employment); § 112.042 (in county and municipal employment); § 229.8021 (in Dept. of Educ.); § 237.40 (in district school boards); § 240.364 (in community colleges); §§ 258.015, 267.17 (in citizen support organizations); § 286.011 (in public meetings); §§ 395.031-395.032 (in trauma centers); §§ 509.092, 509.141, and 509.142 (in public lodging and restaurants); § 513.118 (in RV parks); § 562.51 (in bars); § 641.3102 (in HMOs); chapter 760 (in housing); § 760.10 (in employment); § 849.093 (in public games); § 871.04 (in advertising)....

...[16] Rather, the open meetings provision in section 24(b) designates "any collegial public body of the executive branch of state government or of any collegial public body of a county, municipality, school district or special district" as subject to the open meetings requirement. Likewise, in section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes (1993), the Sunshine Law designates "any board or commission of any state agency or authority or of any agency or authority of any county, municipal corporation or political subdivision" as subject to the open meetings requirement. In construing section 286.011 in City of Miami Beach v....

...We do not find it necessary to reach that issue in this case. Rather, we simply find that the Authority's delegation of the performance of its public purpose to West Volusia, Inc. is similar to the delegation of official acts by Marston that caused the search and screening committee in Wood to come within section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1979)....

...s a public hospital or other public health care facility are confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution, and the meetings of the governing board of a private corporation are exempt from s. 286.011 and s....

...(3) Except as otherwise provided by law, the private lessee is not allowed to participate, except as a member of the public, in the decisionmaking process of the public lessor. (4) The lease agreement does not expressly require the lessee to comply with the requirements of s. 119.07(1) and s. 286.011....

...The records of a private corporation that leases a public hospital or other public health care facility are confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution, and the meetings of the governing board of a private corporation are exempt from s. 286.011 and s....

...(3) Except as otherwise provided by law, the private lessee is not allowed to participate, except as a member of the public, in the decisionmaking process of the public lessor. (4) The lease agreement does not expressly require the lessee to comply with the requirements of s. 119.07(1) and s. 286.011....

...The judgment appealed from should be, and it is hereby reversed; and the cause is remanded with directions that the injunction issued herein be vacated and set aside and that appellee's complaint be dismissed with prejudice. GRIMES and SCHEB, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] Section 286.011, F.S....

under the Florida “Sunshine Law,” Fla.Stat.Ann. § 286.-011 commissioners may only discuss official business

...We have for review the decision of the District Court of Appeal, First District, in Tolar v. School Board of Liberty County, 363 So.2d 144 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978), which allegedly conflicts with Town of Palm Beach v. Gradison, 296 So.2d 473 (Fla. 1974). The issue before us is whether section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes (1975), commonly known as the "Sunshine Law," requires that otherwise proper formal action of a public body be invalidated because the subject matter of that formal public action was discussed at a prior unannounced meeting....

...On January 4, 1977, at an open formal meeting, the School Board members voted to abolish the position of director of administration and to transfer Tolar to Bristol Elementary School. At this open meeting, Tolar was present and given full opportunity to express his views. Tolar then sought injunctive relief pursuant to section 286.011(2), seeking to have the School Board's final action set aside as void because, he alleged, it violated the sunshine law....

...olish the position of director of administration by voice vote at a public meeting. Tolar was given both notice of the meeting and an opportunity to express his views prior to the vote." Tolar v. The School Board of Liberty County, 363 So.2d at 146. Section 286.011 provides that the meetings of the Board at which official acts are to be taken must be public....

...by the Board. Board of Public Instruction v. Doran, 224 So.2d 693 (Fla. 1969). We agree with the district court that the discussions between the superintendent-elect and the Board members at her home and the home of a board member were violative of section 286.011. By the express terms of section 286.011, any resolution, rule, regulation, or formal action taken at these secret meetings would not be binding....

...an agreement absent formal resolution. First, we determine that an approval absent formal resolution must be made in compliance with Florida's Sunshine Law, which is of both constitutional and statutory dimension. See art. I, § 24(b), Fla. Const.; § 286.011(1), Fla. Stat. (1999). Under the Sunshine Law, any meeting at which official acts are to be taken must be open to the public, and no "resolution, rule or formal action shall be considered binding except as taken or made at such meeting." § 286.011(1), Fla....

...of Boca Raton. MAGER, Judge. These several appeals and cross-appeals have been consolidated because they all involve the identical issue, i.e., whether the Comprehensive Zoning Plan and Ordinance of the Town of Palm Beach was enacted in violation of Section 286.011, F.S., commonly known as the "Government in the Sunshine Law"....

...Citizens' Planning Committee were in violation of the Government in the Sunshine Law; stated alternatively, appellants contend that the Government in the Sunshine Law applies to the Citizens' Planning Committee. The Government in the Sunshine Law, F.S. 286.011, F.S.A., provides, in part, as follows: "286.011 Public meetings and records; public inspection; penalties....

...inion filed May 30, 1973, is certified to the Supreme Court of Florida as a question of great public interest, to wit; "Whether a zoning ordinance adopted by zoning authorities and the Town Council after public hearings is rendered invalid under the § 286.011, F.S....

...award order which allocates the rate increase among Florida Power's classes of customers. [1] Occidental asks, alternatively, that we invalidate the Commission's entire decision because it was made in violation of Florida's so-called "Sunshine Law", Section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1975)....

...The order contains a succinct and sufficient statement of the ultimate facts upon which the Commission relied, including commentary expressly directed to Occidental's contentions. Finally, we are asked to hold that the Commission violated the Sunshine Law in reaching its decision in this case. [7] Section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes (1975), requires public meetings whenever the Commission takes "official acts", and it invalidates "formal action" taken in private....

...For these reasons, the petition for the writ of certiorari is denied. OVERTON, C.J., and SUNDBERG and HATCHETT, JJ., concur. ADKINS, J., dissents with an opinion. BOYD, J., dissents. ADKINS, Justice, dissenting. I dissent from that portion of the decision relating to Section 286.011, Florida Statutes....

...various phases of rate-making and revenue requirements. Nevertheless, I find that the Commission's decision was crystallized upon completion of the proposed order by the staff, shielded from the "sunshine" to which the law required it to be exposed. Section 286.011, Florida Statutes....

...Merely showing that the government in the sunshine law has been violated constitutes an irreparable public injury. Town of Palm Beach v. Gradison, supra, at 477; Times Publishing Co. v. Williams, 222 So.2d 470 (Fla. 2d DCA 1969). Accordingly, Order No. 6794 of the Commission should be declared void for failure to comply with Section 286.011, Florida Statutes, and this case should be remanded to the Commission for further proceedings....

...Were we to disregard these findings, the Commission's order would still be supported by adequate findings. [7] The fact that the Commission's decision-making process has been characterized as quasi-judicial does not exempt it from the statute. See Canney v. Board of Pub. Instr., 278 So.2d 260 (Fla. 1973). [8] § 286.011(1), Fla....

...1974), condemning pre-meeting agreements which have the effect of rendering later meetings a "ceremonial sham". [11] The Court's ability to review this issue in a certiorari proceeding, unlike its ability to review issues in a criminal proceeding under § 286.011(3) or a declaratory judgment action, is limited....

...rein the City discussed its participation as a creditor in pending litigation in the bankruptcy proceedings brought by Piper Aircraft Corporation ("Piper"). The trial court held that the City was authorized to conduct such closed-door meetings under section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes (1995), and that any violations which may have occurred were cured through the City's open-door meeting held on June 21,1995....

...hat all materials and transcripts be immediately made available to the public. June 21, 1995 Public Meeting On May 26, 1995, Zorc filed suit against the City seeking declaratory and injunctive relief claiming that the City violated the Sunshine Law, section 286.011(8), by holding a closed attorney-client session at the May 9, 1995 meeting....

...As such, Florida requires governmental entities to conduct their business at open, public meetings, "in the sunshine." Any meeting in which official acts are to be taken are to be open to the public, and no "resolution, rule or formal action shall be considered binding except as taken or made at such meeting." § 286.011(1), Fla.Stat....

...In 1992, a constitutional amendment elevated the public's right to government in the sunshine to constitutional proportions. See Monroe County, 647 So.2d at 868; Art. I, § 24(b), Fla. Const. The language in Article I, Section 24(b) of the Florida Constitution is virtually identical to that of section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes. In 1993, an exemption to the Sunshine Law was created, enabling a governmental entity to meet privately with its attorney provided that certain conditions are met. Section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes (1995) provides as follows: (8) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), any board or commission of any state agency or authority or any agency or authority of any county, municipal corporation, or politi...

...Presence of unauthorized persons at closed meeting Zorc claims that unauthorized persons were in attendance at the City Council closed-door meetings held March 6, 1995, April 4, 1995 and May 9, 1995 in violation of the Sunshine Laws. We agree in part, and find that the City violated section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes, by allowing certain persons to attend the closed attorney-client sessions....

...attend a closed meeting on litigation strategy between the city's governing board and its attorney. See id. at 100-101; Op. Att'y Gen. Fla. 95-06 (1995). In concluding that the exemption should be construed narrowly, the Attorney General noted that: Section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes, by its terms, is not expansive but is limited to particular individuals who are, in their official capacity, authorized to discuss particular limited subjects, i.e., litigation strategy or settlement negotiations....

...construed as excluding from its operation all things not expressly mentioned." Id. at 101. In reviewing the propriety of those persons in attendance at the closed meetings, we find that the attendance of Special Counsel falls within the exemption of section 286.011(8). Section 286.011(8) authorizes a government entity to meet in private with the entity's attorney to discuss pending litigation....

...5th DCA 1995), the Fifth District held that the failure of the mayor to disclose the names of lawyers from the City Attorney's office and lawyers from a specially retained out-of-town law firm participating in a closed attorney-client session violated subsection 286.011(8)(d). Under the holding in Dunnellon, the City was in compliance with the section 286.011(8)(d), since the names of Special Counsel retained by the City were announced prior to the meeting....

...all give notice of all City meetings to the Councilmen and the public as required by law and shall attend all such meetings in person or by designee and shall keep minutes of the proceedings." See Vero Beach, Fla., Ordinance § 3.05 (1982). However, section 286.011(8)(c) provides for all closed attorneyclient meetings to be recorded by a certified court reporter, thereby negating the need for the City Clerk to attend such meetings. Clearly, any conflict between the City Charter and section 286.011(8) is negated under Article VIII, Section 2(b) of the Florida Constitution which provides that municipalities may exercise any power for municipal purposes except as provided by law....

...5th DCA 1991), approved, 614 So.2d 468 (Fla. 1993). As to the remaining attendees, while the City acknowledges the Duval County decision, it nevertheless claims that the remaining attendees fall under the expansive title of Chief Administrative Officer and Executive Officer as set forth in section 286.011(8), when read in conjunction with section 1.01, Florida Statutes....

...ess as the Superintendent and School Board members are free to meet with staff in private at any time since staff members are not subject to the Sunshine Law. 670 So.2d at 101. The same analogy applies in the instant case. Further, sections 1.01 and 286.011(8) can not be read in pari materia as suggested by the City, as it is a basis tenet of statutory construction that a specific statute covering a particular subject area always controls over a statute covering the same and other subjects in more general terms. McKendry v. State, 641 So.2d 45, 46 (Fla.1994). The more specific statute, section 286.011(8), is considered to be an exception to the general terms of the more general statute, section 1.01....

...City Clerk, City Engineer, Airport Director and Planning Director at the April 4th meeting; and the attendance of the City Clerk and Airport Director at the May 9th meetings were in violation of the Sunshine Law. Closed-door meetings beyond scope of section 286.011(8) In order to fall within the ambit of the exemption, the City must satisfy the conditions set forth in section 286.011(8). Section 286.011(8) and subsection (b) enables a governmental entity to meet privately with its attorney to: (1) discuss pending litigation; (2) to which the entity is presently a party before a court or administrative agency; (3) provided that the en...

...nt negotiations or strategy sessions related to litigation expenditures. (emphasis supplied). We find that the City failed to satisfy conditions (3) and (4) of the statute as to the May 9th meeting only. Pending Litigation As to the first element of section 286.011(8), we find that the City's involvement in the Piper bankruptcy proceedings qualified as "pending litigation" within the meaning of the statute. Legislative history provides that section 286.011(8) was "intended to create a level playing field between the governmental agency and its adversaries." See Fla....

...tion issue. Presently a party As to the second element, we find that the City was "presently a party" to pending litigation. In Brown v. City of *900 Lauderhill, 654 So.2d 302, 303 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995), this court held that "presently" a party within section 286.011(8) "is not defined as `now,' i.e., this precise point in time....

...ed its claim, but contemplated doing so in the immediate future. Advice concerning litigation confined to settlement negotiations or strategy related to litigation expenditures As to the last two elements, we find that the City exceeded the scope of section 286.011(8)....

...parameters for the negotiations and the course of action to be pursued and that the May 9 meeting only confirmed the course of action already initiated. It maintains that no formal action was taken during the May 9 session. We reject such assertion. Section 286.011(1) provides that: All meetings of any board or commission of any state agency or authority or of any agency or authority of any county, municipal corporation ......

...ability they might incur in the cleanup efforts *901 in order to forestall any problems with the City's tenants' financing efforts. This action was outside the scope of the agenda set by the City. In concluding that the City went beyond the scope of section 286.011(8), we find the statute's legislative history to be instructive: This act is not an attempt to provide a means for government to meet behind closed doors to accomplish goals out of the sunshine....

...This final course of action was taken for the sole purpose of eliminating the competing interests of its citizens from the process. As such, this action went beyond the scope of the exemption. The settlement of a case is exactly that type of final decision contemplated by the drafters of section 286.011(8) which must be voted upon in the sunshine....

...taken, thereby curing any Sunshine Law violation which may have occurred. We find that the June 21 open meeting was not an effective cure. Only after the commencement of Zorc's lawsuit filed May 26, 1995, did the City attempt to cure the violation. Section 286.011 provides that any meeting in which official acts are to be taken are to be open to the public, and no "resolution, rule or formal action shall be considered binding except as taken or made at such meeting." Under the Sunshine Law, a m...

...c schools and not to be placed at a disadvantage in their efforts. It therefore follows that this is not in violation of the "Sunshine Law" for the Board to instruct and to consult with its labor negotiator in private without it being a violation of § 286.011....

...ublic. We have previously defined a secret meeting in the following language: "A secret meeting occurs when public officials meet at a time and place to avoid being seen or heard by the public. When at such meetings officials mentioned in Fla. Stat. § 286.011, F.S.A., transact or agree to transact public business at a future time in a certain manner they violate the government in the sunshine law, regardless of whether the meeting is formal or informal." City of Miami Beach v....

...ers were at liberty to choose a Chairman of their choice by voice vote at a public meeting. This action should not be disturbed, although it may well be argued that it is the fruit of the illegal prior action. BOYD, J., concurs. NOTES [1] Fla. Stat. § 286.011, F.S.A.: "Public meetings and records; public inspection; penalties....

...For five years the Senate held its debates behind closed doors. Believing in the liberty of the press, at the same time the members believed it right to shield their own discussions from the public and disclose only the final actions taken." [5] I Samuel 17:39-40. [6] Fla. Stat. § 286.011....

...County of Seminole, 229 So.2d 841 (Fla. 1969). On the merits, appellants argue that a number of infirmities in the issuance process should prevent the validation of these bonds. Chief among these are alleged violations of the Florida Sunshine Law, section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes (1983)....

...the public's right of access to public records and meetings to assure governmental accountability. II. PUBLIC RIGHT TO OPEN GOVERNMENT Florida has been in the forefront of promoting open government through the broad application of our Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1983), and Public Records Act, chapter 119, Florida Statutes (1983)....

...Appellants raise five issues on appeal, and, although we affirm all, we deem it necessary to address only the contention that the trial court erred in finding that the presence of staff members and a consultant at the meetings constituted a violation of the requirements of section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes (1993). Florida requires governmental entities to conduct their business at open public meetings, that is, "in the sunshine." § 286.011(1), Fla.Stat....

...At the conclusion of the attorney-client session, the meeting shall be reopened, and the person chairing the meeting shall announce the termination of the session. (e) The transcript shall be made part of the public record upon conclusion of the litigation. § 286.011(8), Fla.Stat....

...exemption was restricted to documents prepared by the agency's attorney; it did not exempt any type of return communication from the governmental client to the attorney. Final Staff Analysis, at 2. As explained in the analysis, the 1993 addition to section 286.011(8) permits any governmental agency, its chief executive and attorney to meet in private if the agency is a party to litigation and the attorney desires advice concerning settlement negotiations or strategy....

...be voted upon in a public meeting. Final Staff Analysis, at 3. A recent attorney general's opinion recognized the narrow exception authorized by the 1993 amendment. The City of Destin asked the attorney general to issue an opinion concerning whether section 286.011(8) authorized consultants to attend a closed meeting on litigation strategy between the city's governing board and attorney. The attorney general answered this question in the negative, stating that section 286.011(8) did not create a blanket exception to the open meeting requirement of the Sunshine Law *101 for all meetings between a public board or commission and its attorney....

...Only discussions on pending litigation to which the public entity... is presently a party are subject to its terms. Such discussions are limited to settlement negotiations or strategy sessions related to litigation expenditures. Op. Att'y Gen. Fla. 95-06, 4 (1995) (footnotes omitted). The opinion continued that section 286.011(8), by its terms, is not expansive but is limited to particular individuals who are, in their official capacity, authorized to discuss particular limited subjects, i.e., litigation strategy or settlement negotiations....

...as excluding from its operation all things not expressly mentioned, that "a consultant may not attend a strategy session to provide technical support during a closed meeting held to discuss litigation strategy or settlement negotiations pursuant to section 286.011(8)." Id....

...liberal construction to give effect to the public purpose and to frustrate evasive devices, [2] we are unable to conclude that the attorney general's interpretation of the statute is at variance with the legislative purpose. As previously observed, section 286.011(8) does not expressly refer to either staff or consultants. See City of Dunnellon v. Aran, 662 So.2d 1026 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995) (holding that legislature intended strict construction of exception in section 286.011(8))....

...Bukey and Esther E. Galicia of George, Hartz & Lundeen, Miami, for appellant. John G. Fletcher, South Miami, for appellee-Centrust. PER CURIAM. The appellant challenges the trial court's determination that the Dade County Board of Rules and Appeals violated section 286.011, *695 Florida Statutes (1987), commonly known as the Sunshine Law....

...Ass'n, Inc. SCHOONOVER, Judge. The appellant, News-Press Publishing Co., Inc., has appealed the trial court's denial of an injunction requiring the appellees' internal budget committee and certain other committees to hold public meetings pursuant to section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1979), commonly known as the Government in the Sunshine Law....

...d by that budget, these meetings constitute official acts which are an indispensable requisite to formal action. At that point the committee must give reasonable notice to the public, meet in public, and keep minutes of their meetings as required by section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1979)....

...appeals the order of the trial court denying its motion for attorney's fees and the City of Palm Bay and its city manager, Robert G. Matte, appeal the order of the trial court finding that certain activity of the City and the city manager violated Florida's Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1983)....

...interviews and then discussing with the city manager the qualifications of each candidate after the interview, so that he could decide which of the three candidates he wished to interview further on a one-to-one basis. *224 The pertinent statute is section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes (1983), which provides: (1) All meetings of any board or commission of any state agency or authority or of any agency or authority of any county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision, except as otherwis...

...The Florida Bar filed its answer and cross-petition, contending that the referee's recommended discipline was insufficient and that the Bar should be entitled to its costs. II. ANALYSIS Preliminary Motions Committe first claims that the grievance committee meeting of The Florida Bar violated section 286.011, Florida Statutes (2003), because Committe was not allowed to attend the meeting, no public notice was given, and no transcript of the meeting was recorded....

...main in effect until they are repealed." In this case, rule 3-7.1 was in effect years prior to the constitutional right to access public records and meetings. Hence, we reject Committe's argument that the Bar rules regarding confidentiality violated section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes (2003)....

...lature occurred in violation of legislative rules and the first and fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution; article II, section 8, Florida Constitution; article III, Florida Constitution; section 11.142, Florida Statutes (1981); and section 286.011 and 286.012, Florida Statutes (1981)....

...denied, 735 So.2d 1284 (Fla.1999). As such, Florida law requires that any governmental meeting, in which official acts are to be taken, must be open to the public, and no "resolution, rule or formal action shall be considered binding except is taken or made at such meeting." § 286.011(1), Fla. Stat. (1999). An exemption to the Sunshine Law, however, allows a governmental entity to meet privately with its attorney provided that certain conditions are met. Section 286.011(8), Florida Stat....

...He maintains that the transcript of the meeting reflects that the City took formal action in amending Section 9.1 and directed its attorneys to make an offer of judgment. He concludes that the subject matter of the meeting went beyond settlement negotiations or strategy sessions related to litigation expenditures. Section 286.011(8)(b) enables a governmental entity to meet privately with its attorneys to discuss pending litigation in which the entity is presently a party before a court or administrative agency provided that the entity's attorney shall advise t...

...The City did not take formal action to settle a case that it knew could not be done in executive session under the exemption. The trial court in this case correctly found that the discussions held in closed session did not go beyond the strict parameters of section 286.011(8)....

...negotiations and strategy with regard to the federal lawsuit. Rather, it is clear that the members discussed putting forth what was discussed at a formal meeting. Therefore, *173 the closed session held on March 13, 2000 fell within the exemption of Section 286.011(8), and there was no Sunshine Law violation....

...Birchfield, Martin, Ade, Birchfield & Johnson, Jacksonville, for appellants. Don Dansby, Perry, for appellees. ERVIN, Chief Judge. This is an appeal from an order finding that certain actions of the Perry City Council (Council) violated Florida's "Sunshine Law". Section 286.011, Florida Statutes....

...be open and noticed to the public and meetings of the legislature shall be open and noticed as provided in Article III, Section 4(e), except with respect to meetings exempted pursuant to this section or specifically closed by this Constitution. And section 286.011, Florida Statutes (2009), commonly known as the Government in the Sunshine Law, provides in part: All meetings of any board or commission of any state agency or authority or of any agency or authority of any county, municipal corporat...

...o be public meetings open to the public at all times, and no resolution, rule, or formal action shall be considered binding except as taken or made at such meeting. The board or commission must provide reasonable notice of all such meetings. Because section 286.011 "was enacted in the public interest to protect the public from `closed door' politics ......

...e action will be taken. Town of Palm Beach v. Gradison, 296 So.2d 473, 477 (Fla.1974). "Mere showing that the government in the sunshine law has been violated constitutes an irreparable public injury...." Id. Therefore, where officials have violated section 286.011, the official action is void ab initio....

...See id. at 940-41; see also Lyon v. Lake County, 765 So.2d 785, 789 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000) ("When a committee has been established for and conducts only information gathering and reporting, the activities of that committee are not subject to section *763 286.011, Florida Statutes.")....

...advisory committee subject to the requirements of the Sunshine Law. As explained above, only advisory committees acting pursuant to a delegation of decision-making authority by the governmental entity are subject to the open meetings requirement of section 286.011. Advisory committees functioning as fact-finders or information gatherers are not subject to section 286.011....

...inspector general and did not deliberate with the inspector general, the ultimate authority on termination, we conclude that the [group] does not exercise decision-making authority so as to constitute a `board' or `commission' within the meaning of section 286.011, and as a result, its meetings are not subject to the Sunshine Act.")....

...7(1), Florida Statutes (2009), of the Public Records Act after the Orioles invoked the exemption outlined in section 288.075(2)(a). However, this does not mean Bullock and the individuals he consulted were a board or commission within the meaning of section 286.011 of the Sunshine Law....

...At a subsequent public meeting in which Tolar was present and "given full opportunity to express his views," the school board members voted to transfer Tolar to another position and abolish his position. Id. Tolar sued for injunctive relief, alleging a violation of section 286.011. Id. As this Court noted, "By the express terms of section 286.011, any resolution, rule, regulation, or formal action taken at these secret meetings would not be binding." Id....

...Board to delegate to Adams, its agent, the authority to bind the Board to arbitrate disputes under the consulting contract. The Board disagrees, and advances a 12 related argument that the Florida Sunshine Law, Fla. Stat. § 286.011(1), prevented the Board from delegating authority because, under that law, all decisions affecting the Board must be made at a public meeting....

...[232 So.2d at 9, emphasis added.] In general application, Florida's public records law and its companion, the open public meetings law, promote a state interest of the highest order. By promoting open government and citizen awareness of its workings, Chapter 119 and Section 286.011 enhance and preserve democratic processes....

...privacy which has been formulated to date is discussed in our recent decision of Laird v. State, 342 So.2d 962, filed Feb. 10, 1977 (Fla.). See also, Privacy of Information in Florida Public Employee Personnel Files, 27 U.Fla.L.Rev. 481 (1975). [8] § 286.011, Fla....

..., and where he did so meet *613 said meeting was not open to the public at all times and at said meeting matters pertaining to City Commission business, to-wit: Employment of the City Attorney, was [sic] discussed in willful and knowing violation of Section 286.011, Florida Statutes." Wolfson contends that the indictment is insufficient on its face in that it failed to allege all of the necessary elements of the crime charged as set out in the statute....

...In view whereof, the circuit court was correct in reversing the order of the county court which dismissed the indictment herein. Accordingly, certiorari should be, and it is hereby, denied. Certiorari denied. HOBSON, Acting C.J., and SCHEB, J., concur. NOTES [1] Section 286.011, Fla....

...A failure to file a timely protest constitutes a waiver of chapter 120 proceedings. Section 120.53(5), Florida Statutes (1985). See also Cianbro v. Jacksonville Transportation Authority, 473 So.2d 209 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985). Next, Capeletti contends that DOT violated section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1985), Florida's Sunshine Law, by not opening its bid-review committees to the public....

...Wittmer, Gainesville, for appellee. LAWRENCE, Judge. Darnell Rhea (Rhea) appeals a summary judgment entered in favor of the Alachua County School Board (Board). The trial court found that the Board's workshop held in Orlando, Florida, on December 3, 1991, did not violate section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1991), commonly known as the "Government in the Sunshine Law." [1] We reverse and remand for further proceedings....

...ns are invited." The Board met on the evening of December 3, 1991, as planned, at the Twin Towers Hotel in Orlando. Rhea filed a complaint on May 29, 1992, seeking injunctive and declaratory relief against the Board, alleging that the Board violated section 286.011 in holding a Board meeting in a place located outside the geographical boundaries of the Board's district, that is, Alachua County, and more than 100 miles from Gainesville, the Board's headquarters....

...The Board properly concedes that the school board workshop held in Orlando was a "public meeting" for purposes of the Sunshine Law. Canney v. Board of Pub. Instruction, 278 So.2d 260 (Fla. 1973). The Board, however, denies that any violation of that law took place. Section 286.011(1) provides in relevant part: All meetings of any board ......

...The "public" for the Alachua County School Board, therefore, would be members of Alachua County, as opposed to members of Orange County or the Florida public at large. Rhea argues that by meeting outside Alachua County, at a hotel more than 100 miles from its headquarters, the Board denied reasonable access to its public. Section 286.011 does not define the word "public." In construing a statute, words that are undefined by the statute should be given their plain and ordinary meaning....

...The committee recommends that the Court adopt chapters 2000-316, sections 1 and 2; and 2001-132, section 1, Laws of Florida. Chapter 2000-316, section 1, amends section 90.502, Florida Statutes (Lawyer-client privilege), Florida Statutes, to provide that a discussion or activity that is not a meeting for purposes of section 286.011, Florida Statutes, shall not be construed to waive the attorney-client privilege established under section 90.502, and to further provide that the new provision shall not be construed to constitute an exemption to either section 119.07 or section 286.011, Florida Statutes....

...Marston and Peterson, respectively President of the University of Florida and student *784 chancellor of the University's Honor Court, appeal from a circuit court adjudication that student disciplinary hearings of the Honor Court are meetings of a board or commission of a State agency which are declared by § 286.011, F.S. 1975, to be "public meetings open to the public at all times." The circuit court, exercising jurisdiction committed to it by Article V, § 5(b), Florida Constitution, and § 286.011(2), F.S....

...The record before the trial court demonstrated that, in the majority of cases, the penalty recommendations made by the Honor Court have been honored and enforced by the President. The trial court held that the Regents themselves would be subject to the open meeting requirement of § 286.011, were they to meet to conduct proceedings for the discipline of a student, and that the Regents' delegation of that function to the University of Florida Honor Court subjects the Honor Court to the same statutory mandate....

...That being our duty, we are obliged to maintain the confidentiality of disciplinary records of University of Florida students who do not consent to their revelation, and of the Honor Court proceedings which are so recorded. To do so does not destroy § 286.011; to fail to do so would destroy § 239.77. We express no view of whether disciplinary sessions of the Honor Court would otherwise constitute "meetings of ... [a] board or commission of ... [a] state agency or authority." Sec. 286.011(1), F.S....

...[1] The Newspapers asserted that the Commission's denial of their right to inspect and copy the Southern Bell documents violated the Public Records Act, chapter 119, Florida Statutes (1987), and that the Commission's closure of other proceedings involving AT & T and Florida Power violated section 286.011, the Florida Government in the Sunshine Act....

...open meetings. [5] It asserts that the Public Records Act as amended in 1985, section 119.07(5), explicitly states that no exemptions to the inspection right granted by chapter 119 "shall be interpreted as providing an exemption from or exception to section 286.011." Conceding that Marston v....

...Judicial enforcement of the Public Records Law is implicitly authorized by section 119.11(1), which provides: "Whenever an action is filed to enforce the provisions of this chapter, the court shall set an immediate hearing, giving the case priority over other pending cases." Section 286.011(2) explicitly confers jurisdiction on the circuit court "to issue injunctions to enforce the purposes of this section." And section 120.73 provides that nothing in the Administrative Procedures Act may be construed "to repeal any prov...

...Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, 416 So.2d 813 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982), this court held: "Since such avenues of relief were not pursued, we cannot conclude that the remedies of the administrative process were inadequate." [11] In Willis, this court noted that chapter 119 and section 286.011 "plainly authorize suits for injunction in circuit court in lieu of administrative remedies," but as appellees point out, this dictum cannot logically be applied to statutory exemptions to the Public Records Act that did not exist whe...

...ifying such expectation and does not mean any public oral communication uttered at a public meeting... .'" Id. at 852 (additional emphasis added). There is no authority suggesting that a disciplinary investigation is a public meeting as described in section 286.011, Florida Statutes, or that public officials would not have a reasonable expectation that they would not be taped while engaged in investigating alleged misconduct on the part of a public employee....

...ustify an expectation of privacy do not exist. This conclusion is firmly grounded in Florida law. All the attendees were charged with knowledge that the content of their conversation could be subject to public records disclosure laws. See Fla. Stat. § 286.011 (2012) (Florida’s Government in the Sunshine Law)....

...Harllee, III, of Harrison, Johnston, Harllee & Porges, Bradenton, for appellee. William J. Roberts and Wilson W. Wright, Tallahassee, for State Association of County Attorneys, amicus curiae. GRIMES, Judge. This is an appeal from an order declaring void a public contract by reason of a violation of Section 286.011, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., commonly known as the Government in the Sunshine Law....

...nts to the 1978 agreements, terms of the 1980 agreements, what new public facilities would be built, the cost of such construction, the issuance of the bonds herein at issue, and, in general, the operation of the airport serving the city of Orlando. Section 286.011, Florida Statutes, (Florida Government in the Sunshine) requires that the decision-making of a public agency be done in public....

...The court, in a memorandum opinion, ordered the authority to issue additional revenue bonds in an aggregate amount sufficient to complete the project. Delta Airlines, Inc. v. Greater Orlando Aviation Auth., No. 80-F-Orl-Civ-Y (M.D.Fla. Jan. 28, 1980). [4] § 286.011, Fla....

...rejecting all bids received on a certain highway construction project upon which Couch was one of the bidders, and further that the decision by DOT to reject all bids was made in violation of Florida's Government in the Sunshine Law, Florida Statute 286.011....

...or under a misconception of law in rejecting all bids received on the subject project on December 21, 1977. "(2) Whether the decision of the respondent D.O.T. to reject all bids was made in violation of Florida's Government in the Sunshine Law, F.S. § 286.011....

...In conclusion, petitioner has failed to illustrate an improper exercise of discretion on the part of the D.O.T. "Petitioner further contends that the D.O.T.'s decision to reject all bids was made in violation of Florida's Government in the Sunshine Law. F.S. § 286.011(1) provides as follows: `All meetings of any board of commission of any state agency or authority or of any agency or authority of any county, municipal corporation or any political subdivision, except as otherwise provided in the Constitu...

...Although qualification is an issue in a companion case (case no. KK-100 also decided this date), [9] no such issue has been raised in this case. We have not overlooked nor ignored the contention urged by Couch that DOT, in deciding to reject all bids, violated F.S. 286.011, the Government in the Sunshine Law....

...partment, division, board, bureau, commission, or other separate unit of government created or established by law and any other public or private agency, person, partnership, corporation, or business entity acting on behalf of any public agency. [2] § 286.011, Fla....

...Bistline of Stromire, Bistline & Miniclier, Cocoa, for Appellee. SHARP, W., J. Knox appeals from the trial court's order which denied her request for a temporary injunction against the Brevard County School Board and others for alleged violations of Florida's "Sunshine Law," section 286.011....

...or permission to attend the interviews conducted by Blackburn's team, but was refused. Knox then filed a complaint against the School Board, DiPatri, Blackburn, and the members of the interview team seeking a declaration that the interviews violated section 286.011....

...Parker, 755 So.2d 839 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000). On appeal, Knox contends that Blackburn's team constituted a "board" which engaged in the "official acts" of interviewing and recommending candidates to the school superintendent. Thus Knox argues these interviews are governed by section 286.011 and must be open to the public....

...wished to interview further). A Sunshine violation does not occur when a governmental executive uses staff for a fact-finding and advisory function in fulfilling his or her duties. See Wood. AFFIRMED. THOMPSON, CJ., and PALMER, J., concur. NOTES [1] Section 286.011 provides as follows: Public meetings and records; public inspection; criminal and civil penalties (1) All meetings of any board or commission of any state agency or authority or of any agency or authority of any county, municipal corp...

...The complaint alleged that in awarding the contract to Waste Management, Inc., the city had violated the competitive bidding requirements of its own municipal ordinance as well as the Consultants Competitive Negotiation Act, section 287.055, Florida Statutes (1981), and the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1981)....

...ts except where constitutional issues are involved. In view of the fact that the appellant failed to allege a special injury or assert a constitutional challenge, the only remaining issue in this appeal is whether the city violated the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1981)....

...urpose of evaluating bids and negotiating proposed contracts with winning bidders. 1981 Op.Att'y Gen.Fla. 081-51 (July 8, 1981). In the same vein, we do not believe that the negotiation meetings of the city's staff were governed by the provisions of section 286.011....

...Although the mayor is the nominal party in all proceedings, the record reflects that the city retained its attorney to defend the charges and to prosecute the attorney's fee action. The trial court did not err in concluding that the meeting with counsel is permitted under section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes, which recognizes the right of a governmental entity to meet in executive session with its attorney to discuss pending litigation....

...political subdivision, and the chief administrative or executive officer of the governmental entity, may meet in private with the entity's attorney to discuss pending litigation to which the entity is presently a party before a court or administrative agency. § 286.011(8), Fla. Stat. (1993) We recognize that the sunshine law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes, must be liberally construed in favor of open government....

...Here, even though the recovery of fees will be in the mayor's name, as these proceedings must be brought in the name of the public official, the city would, in any event, have a claim for subrogation as it is not contended that the mayor individually incurred the attorney's fee obligation. We also note that section 286.011(8) applies to litigation to which the entity is "presently" a party....

...Wainwright, the question of whether the Parole Commission could have two distinct responsibilities, one prescribed by the Legislature and the second prescribed by the Governor and the Cabinet, was directly addressed by the First District Court of Appeal. In that case, the issue was whether the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1977), would apply to parole revocation meetings....

...nd proof that there is a reasonably well grounded probability that such course of conduct will continue in the future." City of Jacksonville v. Wilson, 157 Fla. 838, 844, 27 So.2d 108, 111 (1946). In the analogous context of the public meetings law, § 286.011, Fla....

...Other provisions of the Public Records Law then determine whether an exemption precludes the documents' public disclosure. Id. § 119.07. [2] The public meetings law expressly provides that the circuit court may "issue injunctions to enforce the purposes of this section upon application by any citizen of this state." § 286.011(2), Fla....

...he redevelopment of the marina. Seeking to scuttle the redevelopment agreement, Lozman filed suit in Palm Beach County Circuit Court, alleging that the City’s May 10, 2006 meeting with the developer violated the Florida Sunshine Law, Fla. Stat. § 286.011, because the public was only given one day’s notice of the meeting....

...heless it is clear that those proceedings result in input which is material and substantial in the ultimate decision-making process. The importance of this part of the process has been recognized in the context of the government in the sunshine law, Section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1975)....

...1974), this Court recognized the essential part such consideration and discussion plays in the ultimate decision-making process by holding that a lay group of citizens, designated by the town council of the Town of Palm Beach to advise the council in the adoption of an ultimate zoning plan, was subject to the provisions of Section 286.011....

...No official action was taken or decision made at this meeting as to Lyon's property, although his property was discussed. This meeting is the first of three different meetings Lyon in the first count *788 of his complaint alleges violated the sunshine law, as codified at Section 286.011, Florida Statutes....

...act the site plan was approved at the July 11 TRC/DRS meeting. This is the third meeting Lyon complains violated Florida's sunshine law; the trial judge ruled that this meeting did not have to be held in the sunshine, either. Florida's sunshine law, section 286.011 [2] , provides a right of access to governmental proceedings. Section 286.011, in relevant part, states: (1) All meetings of any board or commission of any state agency or authority or of any agency or authority of any county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision, except as otherwise provided in the...

...An exception to the applicability of the sunshine law to advisory committees has been recognized for committees related to fact-finding only. When a committee has been established for and conducts only information gathering and reporting, the activities of that committee are not subject to section 286.011, Florida Statutes....

...On the other hand, the TRC meeting which took place on July 11, 1996 should have been held in the sunshine, contrary to the trial court's determination. The sunshine law applies to "any board or commission of any state agency or authority of any county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision...." § 286.011(1), Fla....

...Since the TRC was created by the Lake County Commission, it follows that the TRC was a sunshine body. As the TRC was a body subject to sunshine, the July 11, 1996 meeting had to meet three prerequisites so as not to run afoul of the sunshine law. §§ 286.011(1)(2), Fla....

...ding how the meetings took place and who they involved as related to his claim. Lyon does not contend this limitation was an abuse of discretion. As such, Lyon's "new" claim on appeal that he is bringing this action on behalf of all citizens, as per section 286.011, is not well-taken....

...ollows: COMMISSIONER THOMPSON'S MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE CONSISTING OF MEETING OUTSIDE A PROPERLY NOTICED PUBLIC MEETING OF THE CITY COMMISSION TO DISCUSS WITH OTHER CITY COMMISSIONERS THE CLOSING OF TRAILER CITY IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA'S SUNSHINE LAW, SECTION 286.011, FLORIDA STATUTES....

...on of the Florida Government-in-the-Sunshine Law. The trial court found that the mayor's failure to disclose the names of the lawyer from the City Attorney's Office and the lawyers from a specially retained out-of-town law firm violated the terms of section 286.011(8)(d), Florida Statutes which reads: The entity shall give reasonable public notice of the time and date of the attorney-client session and the names of the persons who will be attending the session....

...The circuit court entered the order appealed herein, denying the petition for writ of certiorari *468 and dismissing the cause with prejudice. Upon appeal, the appellant contends the trial court erred in the following particulars: (1) That the Zoning Appeals Board failed to abide by the provisions of § 286.011, Fla....

...further notice. This is in accordance with the general authorities. Moskovitz v. City of St. Paul, 218 Minn. 543, 16 N.W.2d 745; Boynton Cab Co. v. Giese, 237 Wis. 237, 296 N.W. 630; 2 Am.Jur.2d, Administrative Law, § 362. As to the "sunshine law" [§ 286.011, Fla....

...This appeal arises from a trial court's order entitled "Final Judgment as to the Claims of Plaintiff International Longshoremen's Association (ILA)" against Port Everglades Authority (the Port). The trial court found a violation of the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1991), in the bidding and procurement process for the Port's contract for crane maintenance and, as a result, invalidated the award of the contract by the Port to G.F.C....

...t does not dispute that the trial court had the power, under the Sunshine Law, to enjoin the Port from future violations of the same nature. Both the statute and case law support the court's ability to issue limited injunctive relief of this nature. § 286.011(2); Board of Public Instruction of Broward Co....

...Howze, 291 So.2d 645 (2d DCA 1974).) However each and every discussion among City Commissioners need not be made in the sunshine. Nor is it necessary that written documents, including contracts, be signed simultaneously by the signatories nor during an open meeting. Section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1975), provides as follows: "286.011 Public Meetings and records; public inspection; penalties (1) All meetings of any board or commission of any state agency or authority or of any agency or authority of any county, municipal corporation or any political subdivision, except as...

...When appellant sought to elicit the substance of the conversations with the school board attorney concerning the reorganization plan, appellee's counsel instructed the deponents not to answer. Upon application to the trial judge for an order compelling discovery it was held that the "Government in the Sunshine Law" (F.S. 286.011) did not abrogate the attorney-client privilege as applied to a public body....

...ht to know' which was intended." (Cites omitted: 262 So.2d 427) Sub judice, appellant takes a broad approach, asserting that the trial judge erred in holding that the attorney-client privilege between the school board and its attorney is waived by F.S. 286.011, the Sunshine Law....

...the lawsuit. In other words, the court determined the public records claim was moot by the time appellants filed the initial complaint. The court denied any relief to appellants on this claim. Count Two, the open meeting claim, alleged violations of section 286.011, Florida Statutes (2006), known as the "Government in the Sunshine Law" or "open meetings" law; and article I, section 24(b) of the Florida Constitution....

...Two. The parties agreed no material factual issues are in dispute in the open meeting claim. The trial court determined the City's use of the consent agenda procedure did not violate chapter 286, Florida Statutes, and denied appellants' claim under section 286.011 seeking an order "rendering the City's approval of the Minutes null and void and of no legal effect." ANALYSIS We have de novo review of a question of law....

...was not mooted. We next consider the open meeting claim. As a hallmark of open meeting law, a covered governmental entity must provide reasonable notice of, and continuing public access to, its "meetings ... at which official acts are to be taken." § 286.011(1), Fla. Stat. (2006); see Hough v. Stembridge, 278 So.2d 288, 291 (Fla. 3d DCA 1973) (stating that reasonable notice is necessary for a public meeting to be truly public under section 286.011)....

...e find no error in the trial court's denying the challenge to the City's use of the consent agenda. Count Two, however, also sought relief based on the City's failure to allow appellants a timely opportunity to inspect and copy the April 11 Minutes. Section 286.011(2), Florida Statutes (2006), states "[t]he minutes of a meeting of any such board or commission of any such state agency or authority shall be promptly recorded, and such records shall be open to public inspection." Moreover, our circ...

...Up through that meeting, the City's high-level employees informed appellants the City would not produce a copy of the Minutes until approval at the next meeting. As may be inferred from the foregoing "public records" analysis, the City violated both the language and the purpose of section 286.011(2) by denying public access to its Minutes until after approval, or, stated flatly, after the Minutes would have been useful to those seeking inspection....

..."Mere showing that the government in the sunshine law has been violated constitutes an irreparable public injury." Town of Palm Beach v. Gradison, 296 So.2d 473, 477 (Fla.1974). Further, "no resolution, rule, or formal action shall be considered binding except as taken or made" pursuant to the open meeting requirements. § 286.011(1), Fla....

...Apparently, even "an unintended violation of the government in the sunshine law will negate" action taken by a city commission. Gradison, 296 So.2d at 477-78. Declaratory relief and injunctive relief will lie under chapter 286 if the facts warrant such remedies. Because, and to the extent, the City violated section 286.011(2), Florida Statutes (2006), by failing to open its Minutes to public inspection and copying in a timely and reasonable manner, prejudice is presumed....

...See Gradison, 296 So.2d at 477 (stating the "mere showing [chapter 286] has been violated constitutes an irreparable injury"); Port Everglades Auth. v. Int'l Longshoremen's Ass'n, Local 1922-1, 652 So.2d 1169, 1171 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995) (stating that once a violation of section 286.011 is shown, "prejudice is presumed")....

...We would only note the City could have cured its default by reconsidering the Minutes at any time after their production. See Bassett v. Braddock, 262 So.2d 425, 428-29 (Fla.1972) (concluding that a subsequent open, public vote cured, corrected, and rendered "sunshine bright" an initial violation of section 286.011 relating to the election of school board officers by secret written ballot); Bruckner v....

...City of North Miami Beach, 66 So.2d 235 (Fla. 1953). We have jurisdiction to review the district court's decision. [1] Respondents filed an amended complaint seeking a declaratory judgment concerning the effect on their processes of the so-called "government in the sunshine" law, Section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1975)....

...[3] In addition to the arguments from petitioners and respondents, we received the views of the Sentinel Star Company, Brian Howland, the City of Miami, the Miami Daily News, Inc., the Miami Herald Publishing Company and the Ocala Star-Banner Corporation, all as amici curiae, as to the scope of Section 286.011....

...cher, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee-News and Sun-Sentinel Co. ANSTEAD, Judge. This is an appeal from an order holding that a meeting between the mayor of the City of Sunrise and a city employee is subject to the provisions of the Sunshine Law, section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes (1987)....

...The mayor of Sunrise sought to hold a private meeting with a city employee concerning the discipline of the employee, the secretary to the city transportation director. The Sun-Sentinel claimed that the meeting would violate Florida's Sunshine Law, section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes, and sought a court order enjoining the private meeting....

...... (b) Direct and supervise the administration of all departments, offices and agencies of the city, except as otherwise provided by this Charter or by law. The trial court agreed with Sun-Sentinel and enjoined the meeting. Florida's Sunshine Law, section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes (1987), provides: (1) All meetings of any board or commission of any state agency or authority or of any agency or authority of any county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision, except as otherwise provided in the Constitution, at which official acts are to be taken are declared to be public meetings open to the public at all times, and no resolution, rule, or formal action shall be considered binding except as taken or made at such meeting. Section 286.011 should be broadly construed to give effect to its purpose of requiring government to conduct its business in public view....

...Relying on this broad public policy, the Sun-Sentinel contends that all meetings between the mayor and city employees are subject to the Sunshine Law if they involve matters that may be of public interest. We disagree. Notwithstanding the broad public policy underlying section 286.011 it is apparent that not all meetings involving government officials are affected by the statute....

...tion of the sunshine law is a meeting between two or more public officials. Mitchell [ v. School Bd. of Leon County], 335 So.2d 354 at 355 [Fla. 1st DCA 1976]. Accordingly, we hold that in order to state a cause of action for injunctive relief under section 286.011, Florida Statutes, a complaint must allege by name or sufficient description the identity of the public official with whom the defendant public official has violated the sunshine law....

...2d DCA 1976), the court held that meetings between a junior college president, as executive officer of the college board of trustees, and advisors for the purpose of fact finding to assist him in the execution of his duties were not "meetings" under section 286.011....

...Likewise, in Cape Publication, Inc. v. City of Palm Bay, 473 So.2d 222 (Fla. 5th DCA 1985), the court held that meetings between a city manager, prospective employees, and an advisory committee, that did not have any decision making functions, were not "meetings" under section 286.011....

...In Cape Publication, the meetings were interviews of prospective police chiefs by the city manager with the assistance of a committee formed to ask technical questions and offer comments. Sunrise does not suggest that personnel matters are not within the confines of section 286.011(1)....

...someone else to exercise the authority. Since the mayor is not a board or commission, nor acting for such a board, meetings between him and city employees in regard to his duties, unrelated to those of a board or commission, are not "meetings" under section 286.011(1)....

...The Adjudicatory Commission's order erroneously interprets Section 3(2) of Chapter 74-310, 1974 Laws of Florida, as preventing the application of the provisions of said chapter to the appeal herein. "III. The Adjudicatory Commission's order erroneously holds that a violation of the Government in the Sunshine Law, Section 286.011, Florida Statutes, cannot be grounds for an appeal under the provisions of Chapter 380, Florida Statutes." By enacting the Florida Environmental Land and Water Management Act of 1972, [3] the legislature established land and water man...

...Petersburg, for amicus curiae Times Publishing Company. CAMPBELL, Judge. Cape Coral Medical Center, lessee from Cape Coral Health Authority, appeals from the entry of a final summary judgment which determined the Medical Center to be a public agency and, therefore, subject to section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1979), the Sunshine Law, and section 119.01, Florida Statutes (1979), the Public Records Law....

...We have examined the Medical Center's appeal and find that we are not required to address here whether every nonprofit private lessee from a governmental, hospital authority lessor is required to disclose its records pursuant to section 119.01, Florida Statutes (1979), and/or section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1979)....

...lth Authority. Chapter 75-354, Laws of Florida, provides the following: Section 4. ..... *1218 (5) ... All meetings of the authority [1] as well as all records, books, documents and papers shall be open and available to the public in accordance with s. 286.011, Florida Statutes....

...[4] Accordingly, we affirm the trial court's entry of summary judgment. Although we affirm the entry of summary judgment, we do find merit in News-Press' cross-appeal. In its complaint News-Press requested attorney's fees as provided for in sections 119.12(1) and 286.011(4), Florida Statutes....

...The court granted the motion to strike prior to the hearing on the motion for summary judgment. Section 119.12(1), Florida Statutes, provided for an award of attorney's fees to the plaintiff if the court finds that the agency-defendant unreasonably refused to permit inspection of its records. Section 286.011(4), Florida Statutes, provides for an award of attorney's fees when the court finds that the agency violated section 286.011....

...s... . [3] The legislature is able to provide for disclosure and has done so here. The legislature could also eliminate the disclosure requirement if it so desired. [4] Although chapter 75-354, section 4(5), Laws of Florida, expressly refers to only section 286.011, Florida Statutes, the language of section 4(5) referring to "records, books, documents and papers" implies compliance by the Authority with the requirements of chapter 119. Also the Authority, by its definition, falls within section 119.011(2), Florida Statutes. See footnote 1. [5] As the policy behind chapter 119 and the policy behind section 286.011 are similar, we believe that they should be read in pari materia. In so reading these provisions, we find that the violation necessary for an award of attorney's fees under section 286.011(4) is an unreasonable violation just as the refusal to permit inspection necessary for an award of attorney's fees under section 119.12(1) is an unreasonable refusal.

...In count seven, all six plaintiffs sue the county under § 1983 for taking their property—their business reputation and goodwill—without just compensation. In count eight, Log Creek sues Mr. Kessler for injunctive relief as a result of violating § 286.011, Florida Statutes, the open-meeting law....

...that count is barred in any event by absolute immunity, as discussed in section IV.B. above. E. Count Eight: Open Meetings Count eight alleges that the Board of County Commissioners, with Mr. Kessler at the helm, violated Florida's open-meeting law, § 286.011, Florida Statutes....

...Storm progress is monitored, and as it becomes a threat, decisions are made concerning implementation of preparedness activity in the county. As the date of storm arrival nears, additional personnel are brought into the group as necessary to ensure that appropriate actions are taken. [2] See § 286.011, Fla....

...nd fraud. Additionally, we find that the facts of this case show a violation of the public notice requirements of section 120.53(1)(d), Florida Statutes (1981). We view this violation as analogous to violations of the Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1981), a violation of which constitutes an irreparable public injury....

...On March 9, 1990, appellant (a resident of Alachua County) filed a complaint against the City purporting to allege that the February 20, 1990 meeting had been held without proper notice to the public, and was therefore in violation of the "Sunshine Law" (section 286.011, Florida Statutes)....

...with leave to amend. On May 4, 1990, appellant filed an amended complaint requesting the court find that the meeting violated the notice requirement, that it void all formal action taken at the meeting, and that it award appellant costs pursuant to section 286.011(4). The City again moved to dismiss for failure to allege facts establishing a violation of section 286.011 and, on June 12, 1990, the court dismissed the amended complaint *222 with prejudice, finding "the acts complained of by the plaintiff... are not formal actions contemplated within the provisions of Florida Statute 286.011." Section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes provides, in part, as follows: (1) All meetings of any board or commission of any .....

...Williams, 222 So.2d 470, 473 (Fla. 2d DCA 1969), overruled in part, Neu v. Miami Herald Publishing Co., 462 So.2d 821 (Fla. 1985). Under the above authorities, we find appellant's amended complaint to have stated a sufficient cause of action under section 286.011, by making a prima facie showing that the Commission held a public meeting at which official acts or formal action took place, without providing reasonable notice to the public....

...v. Tanzler, 234 So.2d 372) on the ground that it is in direct conflict on the same point of law with a decision of this Court (Board of Public Instruction of Broward County v. Doran, 224 So.2d 693). This case involves the applicability of Fla. Stat. § 286.011, F.S.A., the "Government in the Sunshine Law." Petitioner was the plaintiff in the lower court and respondents were the defendants....

...matters discussed by the officials were matters on which "foreseeable action" would be taken by the Council as a whole. It is also alleged that the officials did not make or record minutes for public inspection of the meeting in question. Fla. Stat. § 286.011, F.S.A., reads as follows: "(1) All meetings of any board or commission of any state agency or authority or of any agency or authority of any county, municipal corporation or any political subdivision, except as otherwise provided in the c...

..., or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment." The trial court in granting a motion to dismiss found that the meeting or gathering of these individuals was not contrary to Fla. Stat. § 286.011, F.S.A. Leave to further amend was not granted and, on appeal, the order or judgment of the trial court was affirmed. The defendants have misconceived the purpose and intent of Fla. Stat. § 286.011, F.S.A....

...ngs held in violation of the Government in the Sunshine Law. The Legislature has given the circuit courts of this State "jurisdiction to issue injunctions to enforce the purposes" of this law upon application by any citizen of this State. Fla. Stat. § 286.011(2), F.S.A....

...We now have for consideration appellee's motion to dismiss wherein it is argued that this appeal is void as a matter of law because the decision of the Commission to take this appeal constitutes "formal action" so as to require that the decision be reached in an open and public meeting as required § 286.011, Fla....

...We now hold that the decision to take this appeal from a DOAH hearing officer's order is not one which triggers the public meeting requirements of the Government in the Sunshine Law. Accordingly, we deny the motion to dismiss. Florida's Government in the Sunshine Law provides, in pertinent part, as follows: 286.011 Public meetings and records; public inspection; penalties (1) All meetings of any board or commission of any state agency or authority or of any agency or authority of any county, municipal corporation or any political subdivision, except as...

...We focus our attention, as did the trial judge, on the following pertinent part of PERA, section 447.605: (1) All discussions between the chief executive officer of the public employer, or his representative, and the legislative body or the public employer relative to collective bargaining shall be exempt from s. 286.011 [the Government in the Sunshine Law]. (2) The collective bargaining negotiations between a chief executive officer, or his representative, and a bargaining agent shall be in compliance with s. 286.011....

...epresentatives at any time, irrespective of whether it is before or after the declaration of an impasse, to discuss any thing relevant to the terms and conditions of their employer-employee relationship, such meeting is subject to the Sunshine Law F.S. 286.011 and such meetings must be arranged or held so the Sunshine Law may be given effect and the Sunshine Law must be complied with....

...e contrary, it specifically included them. Because that is so, we find that the trial court correctly interpreted the statute. Accordingly, we affirm the order before us. SCHOONOVER and HALL, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] § 447.403, Fla. Stat. (1985). [2] § 286.011, Fla....

...ublic meeting be listed on an agenda, that the public had no right to actively participate as to this item, and that any technical violation of the law, in the event any council members had met unlawfully, was corrected by the later public decision. Section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes (1993), the "Government in the Sunshine Law," provides that All meetings of any board or commission of any ......

held in accordance with the provisions of Section 286.011, Florida Statutes, and at said meeting official

This meeting is in violation of Florida Statutes § 286.011. 3. The entry of the temporary injunction will

such a meeting is authorized pursuant to section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes. [9] The City declined

so-called "Government in the Sunshine Law," section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes (1989), which provides

in the pleadings.") Florida's Sunshine Law, section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes, provides that: All meetings

Judge: Does the open public meetings law, Section 286.011,[1] apply to parole revocation meetings of

appeal is whether the open public meetings law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1977), applies to parole

Monroe County and Florida's "Sunshine Law," Section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1975). In particular, appellant

from the open meetings requirement in Fla. Stat. § 286.011 until ten days after the panel has found probable

reporter. § 286.011(8), Fla. Stat. (1995). The Board and its attorney concluded that section 286.011(8) permitted

is a public entity because chapter 119 and section 286.011 have historically been liberally construed

an alleged violation of the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1993), by the county attorney

refused to hold that parties had a right under section 286.011 to tape-record negotiation sessions but instead

alleging a violation of the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1995). The decision being

"commission" within the meaning of the Sunshine Act. Section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes (2002), provides: All

committed a violation of the Florida Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes (2001). We affirm. The board

closed hearings in violation of Florida Statutes § 286.011 (Florida Sunshine Law). A heavy record has been

defendants conceded that they were subject to section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1995), (Sunshine Law) but

appeal is based upon alleged violations of section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1993), commonly known as

that these commissions are not subject to Section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1975). Id. at 197. In In

and is attorney of record for the City. [2] Section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1981). The Sunshine Law

requirements of the Sunshine law, FLA. STAT. § 286.011, Defendant argues summary judgment should be entered

conducting a shade meeting in vio*95lation of section 286.011, Florida Statutes (2010), the Sunshine law

Sunshine Law, Fla. Const. art. I, § 24; Fla. Stat. § 286.011(1), because JAA staff and Majestic executives

Development Authority violated the "Sunshine Law," section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1989). Because of these

Resources Act (FWRA)[5]; (6) Violation of Section 286.011, Florida Statutes, Government in the Sunshine

the said bonds.” (emphasis ours) . Fla.Stat. § 286.011 (1971), F.S.A.

enactment was the result of a violation of section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1979), the so-called "Sunshine

that the "Government in the Sunshine Law," Section 286.011, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., was violated by

by the Legislature in violation of Fla. Stat. § 286.011 (Government in the Sunshine Law). The trial court

violation of Florida's Sunshine Act under section 286.011, Florida Statutes, and Article I, section 24(b)

violate our Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes (1993), which provides:

and whether it creates a valid exception to section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes (1977), originally enacted

Florida's "Government in the Sunshine Law." See § 286.011, Fla. Stat. (1993). The Board member who changed

because the Government in the Sunshine Act (F.S. § 286.011(1)) was violated. That issue is raised for the

under section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes, the Government-in-the-Sunshine Law. Section 286.011 provides

injunctive relief, alleging that the City violated section 286.011, Florida Statutes (2010) — Florida’s Sunshine

1996) (Under the Florida Sunshine Law, Fla. Stat. § 286.011, if a government meeting is properly noticed,

under chapter 119, the Public Records Act, section 286.011, the Sunshine Law, and article I, section 24

his office violated the Florida Sunshine Law, § 286.011, Fla. Stat. (1999), while conducting internal

public . . . . The Sunshine Law, section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes (2012), states:

council other than in public as required under § 286.011, Fla. Stat., F.S.A. (Chapter 67-356, § 1, Laws

action against Shands alleging violation of Section 286.011, Florida Statutes (the Sunshine Law), and Chapter

the possibility of a Sunshine Law violation. § 286.011, Fla. Stat. (1995). On January 8, 1996, MDCC moved

“conceptual” approval as contended by appellant. Section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1973) provided that all

appellants argue that the School Board violated section 286.011, Florida Statutes (2004), of Florida's Sunshine

alleged that (1) NCCI violated the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes (2016), by failing to provide

Florida's Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes. As the amended complaint

violation *1247of the open public meetings law, Section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1975). The principal issues

to this provision, the legislature enacted section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes, which subjects government

Attorney was not subject to the Sunshine Law, Section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1981) and therefore need

violation of Florida’s “sunshine” law, Fla.Stat. § 286.011. On this count, Plaintiff requests that the budget

specifically closed by this Constitution. Further, section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes (2012), provides, in pertinent

whether the Government in the Sunshine Law Section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1980), applies to the Dean

binding except as taken or made at such meeting.” § 286.011(1), Fla. Stat. (2000). Next, due process requires

legislature, in enacting the sunshine law, Section 286.-011(1), Florida Statutes (1975),1 did not require

public, consistent with Florida’s Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes (2011). UCFAA’s bylaws provide

against the Board for an alleged violation of section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1991), which is commonly

Florida Statutes (Count V); violation of Section 286.011, Florida Statutes (Count VI); violation of

Government in the Sunshine Act, Fla.Stat.Ann. § 286.011 (West 1975), to make its meetings public and to

summary judgment, the trial court found that section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes (the Sunshine Law), gives

... Miramar Police Department Chief Delrish Moss, appeal the trial court’s declaratory judgment that section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes (2024), requires arbitration hearings between a public employer and a public employee union to be open to the public. Appellants argue the trial court ...

found, any cases applying the "Sunshine Law" (section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1989)) to mediation proceedings

judgment seeking a determination of whether Section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1975),[1] the Government

Florida's Government in the Sunshine Law, Fla. Stat. § 286.011 (1985).

Steve McFarlin on his claim that they violated section 286.011, Florida Statutes (2011), Florida’s Government

injunctive relief under the Florida Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1985). In the amended complaint

violation of Florida’s Sunshine Law as codified in section 286.011, Florida Statutes (2013). The complaint sought

in an action for wrongful termination under section 286.011, Florida Statutes (2002) (the *48Sunshine Act)

concerning Zorc’s airport property violated section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes (1995), the "Sunshine

refer this Honorable Court to Florida Statute Section 286.011 and Chapter 86 which govern. At the time of

declaration that the Government in the Sunshine Act, Section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1979), did not apply to

the Sunshine Law. See Art. I § 24, Fla. Const.; § 286.011, Fla.Stat.

Godwin seeks certiorari review of 1 Section 286.011, Florida Statutes, is "commonly known

attorney hold a closed-door meeting pursuant to section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes, when discussing a workers'

requirements of the Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes. However, you question whether

board is physically present at the meeting? Section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes, Florida's Government-in-the-Sunshine

commissions, state agencies, and the like. See § 286.011, Fla. Stat. (2017)1; see also Art. I, § 23, Fla

Question One The Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes, requires that meetings of

exempt from the open meetings requirement of section 286.011, Florida Statutes? In sum: In the absence of

promptly recorded and open to public inspection. Section 286.011(2), F.S. In order to ensure that the minutes

negates an action taken by the advisory body. Section 286.011, F.S.; Town of Palm Beach, supra, at 9. Since

offered to provide greater public access. Section 286.011, Florida Statutes, Florida's Government in

governmental board and its attorney pursuant to section 286.011(8) to discuss settlement and litigation strategy

districts.1 The Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes, provides: "All meetings

board attorney, confidential. Question One Section 286.011, Florida Statutes, the Government in the Sunshine

substantially the following questions: 1) Does section 286.011, Florida Statutes, the Government in the Sunshine

a board or commission within the scope of section 286.011, Florida Statutes, and meetings of the board

meetings of the community standards committee. Section 286.011, F.S., the Government in the Sunshine Law,

nominating three persons to the Governor. Section 286.011, F.S., the Government in the Sunshine Law,

one alleged violations of the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes (2016), in the selection

alleging that Department failed to comply with section 286.011, Florida Statutes, the government in the “Sunshine”

The Florida Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes, provides: "All meetings

Robert A. Butterworth Attorney General (gh) 1 Section 286.011(1), F.S. 2 See, Times Publishing Company v

argument that the Florida Sunshine Law, Fla. Stat. § 286.011(1), prevented the Board from delegating authority

be widely publicized. (Emphasis supplied.) Section 286.011, F. S., commonly known as the "Sunshine Law

arguments advanced by Somerset in in its briefs. See § 286.011(1), Fla. Stat. (2015); § 1002.33(6)(c), Fla. Stat

against FIRMA for Sunshine Act violations. Section 286.011(4), Florida Statutes, requires the assessment

AGO's 86-21, 82-47], and s. 230.23(1), F.S. Section 286.011(2), F.S., expressly provides that "[t]he minutes

action was taken in violation of the Sunshine Law, § 286.011, Fla Stat. Plaintiff lost his case, primarily

time. The Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes, provides in pertinent part:

of claims arising out of the same incident. Section 286.011, F.S., the Government in the Sunshine Law provides:

of compromise filed with the program from section 286.011, Florida Statutes, and section 24(b), Article

are exempt from Florida's open meetings law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes, and section 24(b), Article

subject to the open meetings requirement of section 286.011, Florida Statutes, Florida's Government in

Sunshine Law. I concur in such a conclusion. Section 286.011(1), F.S., the Government in the Sunshine Law

will be related back to the governing body. Section 286.011(1), F.S., known as the Florida Government in

Government in the Sunshine Law, s. 286.011, F.S.? Section 286.011, F.S., requires that "[a]ll meetings of any

meetings open to the public at all times. . . . [Section 286.011(1), F. S.; emphasis supplied.] The Broward

light of the Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes, may the City Commission

proceedings pursuant to section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes? In sum: Section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes

Florida's Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes, has been applied to any

substantially the following question: Does section 286.011, Florida Statutes, apply to orientations given

application of the Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes, to public meetings of boards

1980). 2 Section 119.011(2), Fla. Stat. 3 Section 286.011(1), Fla. Stat. 4 596 So. 2d 1029, 1031 (Fla

Review Board of the City of Orlando? SUMMARY: Section 286.011, F.S., Florida's Government in the Sunshine

the following question: Is it a violation of section 286.011, Florida Statutes, for elected city commissioners

comply fully with the constitutional mandate. In § 286.011(8), Florida Statutes, the legislature provided

subject to the Government in the Sunshine Law. Section 286.011(1), F.S., provides in pertinent part:

relative to collective bargaining are exempt from Section 286.011 and need not be held in the “sunshine”. Section

section 24(b), Florida Constitution, and section 286.011, Florida Statutes? 2. Are the records of the

Sunshine may apply in light of their attendance. Section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes, the Government in the

governed by the Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes? In sum: The Board of Directors

submitted to the council for its approval. Section 286.011, F. S., commonly known as the Government in

notwithstanding the provisions of Ch. 119. Section 286.011(1), F. S., Florida's Government-in-the-Sunshine

following questions: 1. Is it a violation of section 286.011, Florida Statutes, for an individual school

Question Two — Government in the Sunshine Law Section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes, the Government in the

town mayor and a member of the town council. Section 286.011, F.S., in pertinent part, provides: (1)

any local government or connected therewith. Section 286.011(1) provides: All meetings of any board

relative to collective bargaining are exempt from section 286.011, Florida Statutes, and need not be open to

before a grand jury in September 2017. 1 § 286.011, Fla. Stat. At the time, Hatfield’s direct

meetings of the board must be open to the public. Section 286.011, F.S., the Government in the Sunshine Law,

rejecting appellant's claim. This appeal followed. Section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes, provides: All meetings

program. The Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes, requires that meetings of

the council, subject to the provisions of section 286.011, Florida Statutes, the Government in the Sunshine

bargaining agent must be in compliance with section 286.011, Florida Statutes. However, all work products

outside the Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes, since they are attended

requirements of Chapter 119, Florida Statutes, and section 286.011, Florida Statutes, even though the charter

a claim, such proceedings are exempt from section 286.011, Florida Statutes, and the minutes of such

was a violation of Florida’s Sunshine Act, section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes (2003), when a panel deliberating

used in section 286.011(3)(a), Florida Statutes? 3. Does the exemption afforded by section 286.011(8), Florida

decisionmaking process and is, therefore, subject to section 286.011, Florida Statutes. Resolution No. 93-783 provides

substantially the following question: Would section 286.011, Florida Statutes, apply to communications

committee comply with the requirements of section 286.011, Florida Statutes? In sum: The Sanibel Vegetation

or authority of Dade County for purposes of section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1993). Affirmed.

on the board of directors of the coalition. Section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes, the Government in the

the presiding officer at council meetings. Section 286.011, F. S., commonly known as the Government in

performance or hindering law enforcement. Section 286.011, F.S., Florida's Government-in-the-Sunshine

foundation is concerned about the applicability of section 286.011, Florida Statutes, to the foundation's activities

state, county, or municipal boards, while section 286.011, Florida Statutes, is applicable to the state

acquisition decisions will be made by the Board." Section 286.011, F.S., Florida's Government in the Sunshine

held in accordance with the provisions of Section 286.011, Florida Statutes, and at said meeting official

the State Board of Education. . Fla.Stat.Ann. § 286.011 (West 1988).

section 408.033, Florida Statutes, subject to section 286.011, Florida Statutes, the Government in the Sunshine

requirements of the Government in the Sunshine Law.8 Section 286.011, F.S., states that all meetings of public boards

substantially the following question: Does section 286.011, Florida Statutes, the Florida Government in

subject to the Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes? From the information accompanying

Richard, violated Florida’s- Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statdtes (2015), by not allowing her

Your question is answered in the negative. Section 286.011(2), F.S., of the Government in the Sunshine

by an MPO are subject to the provisions of section 286.011, Florida Statutes, Florida's "Government in

otherwise be present for the public meeting. Section 286.011, Florida Statutes, Florida's Government-in-theSunshine

body in a closed-door meeting pursuant to section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes, what matters may be discussed

is Florida’s “Sunshine Law,” codified at section 286.011, Florida Statutes (2020). Subsection (1) of

action by the board. AS TO QUESTION 4(a): Section 286.011(1), F. S., of the Government in the Sunshine

formal public meeting (Sunshine Meeting under § 286.011, Florida Statutes) including an appearance before

Harris Act conduct a closed meeting pursuant to section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes, to discuss settlement

administrative direction and guidance to the committee. Section 286.011, F.S., Florida's Government in the Sunshine

meetings need not be held in the sunshine. Section 286.011, F.S., otherwise known as the Sunshine Law

written examinations closed to the public.' Section 286.011(1), F. S., in relevant part, provides:

Florida's Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes, provides that "[a]ll meetings

Florida Statutes, and the Open Meetings Law in section 286.011, Florida Statutes.11 Moreover, for purposes

applicable to meetings of the grievance committee. Section 286.011, F.S., provides in pertinent part: (1)

and conduct a public meeting pursuant to section 286.011, Florida Statutes. On August 13, 2010, the

settlement has not been concluded for purposes of section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes, and a transcript of meetings

to conduct business. Questions One and Two Section 286.011(1), F.S., Florida's Government in the Sunshine

minutes, or approve the minutes as corrected. Section 286.011, Florida Statutes, the Government in the Sunshine

the Government in the Sunshine Law? 2. Is section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes, requiring an entity's

Florida's Government in the Sunshine Law. F.S. § 286.011 (1971). We are obliged to determine the current

board's use. The Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes, requires that meetings of

Sunshine Law. The Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes (1993), has been interpreted

such agencies are not generally subject to section 286.011, Florida Statutes.5 In determining whether

program. The Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes, requires that meetings of

confidential by statute. AS TO QUESTION 3: Section 286.011(1), F.S., the Government in the Sunshine Law

not-for-profit economic development council subject to section 286.011, Florida Statutes, the Government in the Sunshine

evidence must be conducted in the Sunshine. Section 286.011, F.S., the Government in the Sunshine Law,

pursuant to section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes, be made during a special meeting? Section 286.011, Florida

available to the public in accordance with section 286.011, Florida Statutes, Article I, section 24(b)

parent or guardian, or the pupil, if qualified. Section 286.011, F.S., the Government in the Sunshine Law,

subject to the Government in the Sunshine Law. Section 286.011, F.S., Florida's Government in the Sunshine

sufficient public notice under the “sunshine law,” Section 286.011, Florida Statutes. We hold, as a matter of

refused to hold that parties had a right under section 286.011 to tape-record negotiation sessions but instead

discussed were confidential and exempt from section 286.011, Florida Statutes, and Article I, section 24(b)

bargaining, in closed session and exempt from section 286.011, Florida Statutes? 2. May the school board

substantially the following questions: 1. Does section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes, authorize the attendance

discuss settlement negotiations pursuant to section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes. The general counsel's

Florida's Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes, states: "All meetings of

requirements of section 286.011, Florida Statutes. Florida's Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida

subject to the Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes? In sum: The Board of Trustees

A. Butterworth Attorney General RAB/tjw 1 Section 286.011(1), F.S. 2 See, Town of Palm Beach v. Gradison

decision-making process and is, therefore, subject to section 286.011, Florida Statutes.7 A review of Chapter 01-246

to the city commission for final approval. Section 286.011, Florida Statutes, Florida's Government in

group from the ambit of the Sunshine Law. Section 286.011, Florida Statutes, Florida's Government in

County Fire Commissioner's Forum subject to section 286.011, Florida Statutes? 2. Are meetings of the Forum

that the Miami River Commission is subject to section 286.011, Florida Statutes, the Government in the Sunshine

governmental units in its service delivery area. Section 286.011(1), F.S. provides: All meetings of any

by 24 hours or as otherwise permitted by section 286.011[,] Florida Statutes[,] if unable to reach

due attorney’s fees and costs as provided by section 286.011(4) and in further explication adopt as our

Florida's Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes? In sum: 1. The Biscayne

subject to the Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes. That statute requires that

is subject to “Government In The Sunshine,” section 286.011, in the conduct of its business (1976 Op. Att’y

is under the purview of the Sunshine Law. Section 286.011(2) requires that the minutes of a meeting held

Florida's Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes, states: All meetings of

Government in the Sunshine/Public Meetings Section 286.011, Florida Statutes, has three requirements:

would be in violation of the Sunshine Law. Section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes, Florida's Government

of any board must be taken at public meetings. § 286.011(1), Fla.Stat. (1989). Five members of the Board

commissioners held pursuant to section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes? In sum: Section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes

agreements under the Sunshine Law in Count III. § 286.011, Fla.Stat. (1988). The Aviation Authority is a

the lease required IRMH, Inc. to comply with section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes (the Sunshine Law) and

brought before the board for consideration. Section 286.011, F.S., Florida's Government in the Sunshine

Board. The Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes, requires that all meetings

provisions of the Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes.1 These boards address a

various levels of this proposed structure. Section 286.011, Florida Statutes, Florida's Government in

for Responsible Gov’t, 48 So. 3d at 761. Section 286.011(2), Florida Statutes (2021), states: “The minutes

Florida's Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011 (2012). On Wright's motion for summary

questions and maintaining examination security. Section 286.011, F. S., the `Government in the Sunshine Law'

requirements of Chapter 119, Florida Statutes, and section 286.011, Florida Statutes).

the activities of the board."2 Question One Section 286.011, F.S., the Government in the Sunshine Law,

subject to the Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes? You state that under the

the Public Records Act, and Florida Statutes Section 286.011, Laws of Florida 1984, commonly known as the

to be heard before taking official action. See § 286.011(1), Fla. Stat. (2016). The Sunshine Law also requires

in a discussion or debate among themselves. Section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes, the Government in the

the school improvement plan." Pursuant to section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes, "[a]ll meetings of any

State v. Strickland, 166 So. 313 (Fla. 1936). Section 286.011, F.S., the Government in the Sunshine Law,

being in clear violation of the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes, if reasonable public notice

Florida's Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes, ensures a right of access

is physically present at the meeting site. Section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes, Florida's Government-in-the-

considered confidential under the guidelines of Section 286.011(8), F.S. have not been included as that information

• Meetings will be noticed as required by section 286.011, Florida Statutes. • Meetings will last exactly

scope of the Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes, and Florida's Public Records

Government in the Sunshine and Public Records Laws, section 286.011 and Chapter 119, Florida Statutes, when it

acquisition. The Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011(1), Florida Statutes, provides: "All meetings

provided in s. 119.16, F.S. AS TO QUESTION 1: Section 286.011, F.S., the Government in the Sunshine Law,

opinion on the following question: Pursuant to section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes, may qualified interpreters

capricious and also as taken in violation of Florida Statute 286.011, F.S.A., known as the “government in the

Florida's Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes, provides that all meetings