Utah Code
Utah Code § 52-4-102 (2026)
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The Legislature finds and declares that the state, its agencies and political subdivisions, exist to aid in the conduct of the people's business.
It is the intent of the Legislature that the state, its agencies, and its political subdivisions:
take their actions openly; and
conduct their deliberations openly.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2020–2020 · leading case: Wallingford v. Moab City, 2020 UT App 12 (Utah Ct. App. 2020).
Wallingford v. Moab City, 2020 UT App 12 (Utah Ct. App. 2020). “For instance, driven by a conviction that all political subdivisions within our state should “take their actions openly” and “conduct their deliberations openly,” see Utah Code Ann. § 52-4-102 (2), our legislature has enacted the Open and Public Meetings Act, mandating that most…”
Downs v. Thompson (D. Utah 2020). “” Utah Code Ann. § 52-4-102 . Accordingly, the Open Meetings Act requires, among other things, that political subdivisions, like the Board, publicly notice the meeting agenda, time, and location of any meeting at least twenty-four hours in advance as well as preserve written…”
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