{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-61.805","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 61.805","heading":"Definitions for KRS 61.805 to 61.850.","body":"As used in KRS 61.805 to 61.850, unless the context otherwise requires:\n(1) \"Meeting\" means all gatherings of every kind, including video teleconferences, regardless of where the meeting is held, and whether regular or special and informational or casual g atherings held in anticipation of or in conjunction with a regular or special meeting;\n(2) \"Public agency\" means:\n(a) Every state or local government board, commission, and authority;\n(b) Every state or local legislative board, commission, and committee;\n(c) Every county and city governing body, council, school district board, special district board, and municipal corporation;\n(d) Every state or local government agency, including the policy-making board of an institution of education, created by or pursuant  to state or local statute, executive order, ordinance, resolution, or other legislative act;\n(e) Any body created by or pursuant to state or local statute, executive order, ordinance, resolution, or other legislative act in the legislative or executive branch of government;\n(f) Any entity when the majority of its governing body is appointed by a \"public agency\" as defined in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (g), or (h) of this subsection, a member or employee of a \"public agency,\" a state or local officer, or any combination thereof;\n(g) Any board, commission, committee, subcommittee, ad hoc committee, advisory committee, council, or agency, except for a committee of a hospital medical staff or a committee formed for the purpose of evaluating the qualifications of public agency employees, established, created, and controlled by a \"public agency\" as defined in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (h) of this subsection; and\n(h) Any interagency body of two (2) or more public agencies where each \"public agency\" is defined in paragraph (a ), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (g) of this subsection;\n(3) \"Action taken\" means a collective decision, a commitment or promise to make a positive or negative decision, or an actual vote by a majority of the members of the governmental body;\n(4) \"Member\" means a member of the governing body of the public agency and does not include employees or licensees of the agency;\n(5) \"Time\" means the time of day, stated in both eastern standard time and central standard time; and\n(6) \"Video teleconference\" means one (1 ) meeting, occurring in two (2) or more locations, where individuals can see and hear each other by means of video and audio equipment.","path":["KRS Chapter 61"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=57146","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:16Z","sha256":"b727be7b72619c577c1fe4b59c0d43cbd0a3972e9baad129b1dcfd550489b663","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-61.800","next":"us-ky/krs-61.810"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}