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Special Committee on Applicability of Open Meetings Law to Quasi-Governmental Bodies

Chair: Sen. Scott Fitzgerald
Legislative Council Staff: Dan Schmidt, Ron Sklansky and Jessica Karls
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The Special Committee is directed to:  (a) review recent Attorney General opinions regarding the applicability of the Open Meetings Law to “quasi-governmental” bodies, such as economic development corporations, to determine whether the public policy set forth in those opinions is desirable; and (b) develop legislation to clarify the applicability of the Open Meetings Law to quasi-governmental bodies either by codifying those policies or by delineating the specific condition under which quasi-governmental bodies are subject to the Open Meetings Law.

Report to Legislature
Proposed Report to the Joint Legislative Council (March 14, 2007)
  • Proposed Report to the Legislature (no legislation)
January 31, 2007 Meeting
  • WLC: 0047/1, relating to the applicability of the open records law and the open meetings law to an economic development corporation
  • WLC: 0048/1, relating to the applicability of the open records law and the open meetings law to an economic development corporation
  • Letter, to Senator Scott Fitzgerald, Chair, Special Committee on Applicability of Open Meetings Law to Quasi-Governmental Bodies, from Peter D. Fox, Executive Director, Wisconsin Newspaper Association (January 3, 2007)
December 13, 2006 Meeting
  • Memo No. 2, Draft Options (December 1, 2006)
    • WLC: 0019/1, relating to the applicability of the open meetings law to a quasi-governmental corporation
    • WLC: 0020/1, relating to the applicability of the open meetings law to an economic development corporation
    • WLC: 0021/1, relating to the applicability of the open meetings law to an economic development corporation
  • Letter, to Senator Scott Fitzgerald, Chair, from Attorney General Peggy Lautenschlager (December 12, 2006)
  • Respondent's Brief, in State v. Beaver Dam Area Development Corporation
October 18, 2006 Meeting
  • Memo No. 1, Overview of Wisconsin’s Open Meetings Law and its Application to Quasi-Governmental Bodies (October 9, 2006)
  • Memo, Insights and Suggestions for the Committee's Consideration, from Attorney General Peggy Lautenschlager (October 18, 2006)
  • Court of Appeals Brief, prepared by Attorney General Peggy Lautenschlager
  • Letter, to Thomas Geyer from Attorney General Donald J. Hanaway, submitted by Special Committee member Andrew Lewis at the request of Legislative Council staff (February 26, 1987)
  • Survey of Local Economic Development Organizations, University of Wisconsin-Extension, submitted by Special Committee member Andrew Lewis at the request of Legislative Council staff
  • Steps to Creating an Economic Development Corporation, University of Wisconsin-Extension, submitted by Special Committee member Andrew Lewis at the request of Legislative Council staff