Constitution of the State of Georgia

Article III. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH · Article III. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH · Section IV. ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Art. III, Sec. IV, Para. XI. Open meetings.

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The sessions of the General Assembly and all standing committee meetings thereof shall be open to the public. Either house may by rule provide for exceptions to this requirement.

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1976 Constitution.: There was no similar provision in the 1976 Constitution.
Failure to state claim.: To show entitlement under Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. IV, Para. XI, plaintiffs were required by O.C.G.A. § 9-11-8(a)(2)(A) to allege that one or more ‘‘sessions of the General Assembly’’ or one more ‘‘standing committee meetings there of’’ was closed to the public. Because the complaint failed to so allege, it failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted and, accordingly, a motion to dismiss under O.C.G.A. § 9-11-12(b)(6) should have been granted. Murphy v. American Civil Liberties Union of Ga., Inc., 258 Ga. 637, 373 S.E.2d 364 (1988).

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