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Opinion Letter No. 06-06
August 21, 2006
Meeting Notice Filing Requirement
An advisory opinion was sought as to whether the Sunshine
Law allows the filing of a meeting notice with the office of the
lieutenant governor (for state boards) or the appropriate county
clerk’s office (for county boards) after normal business
hours on the sixth day prior to the meeting for which the notice
is being filed.
OIP found that because a calendar day under the Sunshine Law should
be construed to extend until midnight, the statute allows a meeting
notice to be filed until midnight on the sixth calendar day prior
to the meeting for which it is being filed. However, whether the
appropriate government office will accept the notice for filing
until midnight is a policy question for each office responsible
for accepting such filings. Thus, each office may adopt its own
procedures for filing, including procedures to allow boards to
file their notices after the office’s normal business hours.
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