{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-25-25-304","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 25, § 25-304","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act:\n\n1. “Public body” means the governing bodies of all\n\nmunicipalities located within this state, boards of county\n\ncommissioners of the counties in this state, boards of public and\n\nhigher education in this state and all boards, bureaus, commissions,\n\nagencies, trusteeships, authorities, councils, committees, public\n\ntrusts or any entity created by a public trust including any\n\ncommittee or subcommittee composed of any of the members of a public\n\ntrust or other legal entity receiving funds from the Rural Economic\n\nAction Plan Fund as authorized by Section 2007 of Title 62 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes, task forces or study groups in this state\n\nsupported in whole or in part by public funds or entrusted with the\n\nexpending of public funds, or administering public property, and\n\nshall include all committees or subcommittees of any public body.\n\nPublic body shall not include:\n\na. the state judiciary,\n\nb. the Council on Judicial Complaints when conducting,\n\ndiscussing, or deliberating any matter relating to a\n\ncomplaint received or filed with the Council,\n\nc. the Legislature,\n\nd. administrative staffs of public bodies including, but\n\nnot limited to, faculty meetings and athletic staff\n\nmeetings of institutions of higher education when\n\nthose staffs are not meeting with the public body, or\n\nentry-year assistance committees,\n\ne. multidisciplinary teams provided for in Section 1-9-\n\n102 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, in Section\n\n10-115 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes, and in\n\nsubsection C of Section 1-502.2 of Title 63 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes or any school board meeting for the\n\nsole purpose of considering recommendations of a\n\nmultidisciplinary team and deciding the placement of\n\nany child who is the subject of the recommendations,\n\nf. meetings conducted by stewards designated by the\n\nOklahoma Horse Racing Commission pursuant to Section\n\n203.4 of Title 3A of the Oklahoma Statutes when the\n\nstewards are officiating at races or otherwise\n\nenforcing rules of the Commission,\n\ng. the board of directors of a Federally Qualified Health\n\nCenter or the postadjudication review boards provided\n\nfor in Sections 1116.2 and 1116.3 of Title 10 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes, or\n\nh. boards of county commissioners for the purposes set\n\nforth in subsections C, D, and E of Section 326 of\n\nTitle 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes;\n\n2. “Meeting” means the conduct of business of a public body by\n\na majority of its members being personally together or, as\n\nauthorized by Section 307.1 of this title, together pursuant to a\n\nvideoconference. Meeting shall not include informal gatherings of a\n\nmajority of the members of the public body when no business of the\n\npublic body is discussed;\n\n3. “Regularly scheduled meeting” means a meeting at which the\n\nregular business of the public body is conducted;\n\n4. “Special meeting” means any meeting of a public body other\n\nthan a regularly scheduled meeting or emergency meeting;\n\n5. “Emergency meeting” means any meeting called for the purpose\n\nof dealing with an emergency. For purposes of the Oklahoma Open\n\nMeeting Act, an emergency is defined as a situation involving injury\n\nto persons or injury and damage to public or personal property or\n\nimmediate financial loss when the time requirements for public\n\nnotice of a special meeting would make such procedure impractical\n\nand increase the likelihood of injury or damage or immediate\n\nfinancial loss;\n\n6. “Continued or reconvened meeting” means a meeting which is\n\nassembled for the purpose of finishing business appearing on an\n\nagenda of a previous meeting. For the purposes of the Oklahoma Open\n\nMeeting Act, only matters on the agenda of the previous meeting at\n\nwhich the announcement of the continuance is made may be discussed\n\nat a continued or reconvened meeting;\n\n7. “Videoconference” means a conference among members of a\neting” means a meeting which is\n\nassembled for the purpose of finishing business appearing on an\n\nagenda of a previous meeting. For the purposes of the Oklahoma Open\n\nMeeting Act, only matters on the agenda of the previous meeting at\n\nwhich the announcement of the continuance is made may be discussed\n\nat a continued or reconvened meeting;\n\n7. “Videoconference” means a conference among members of a\n\npublic body remote from one another who are linked by interactive\n\ntelecommunication devices or technology, or technology permitting\n\nboth visual and auditory communication between and among members of\n\nthe public body or between and among members of the public body and\n\nmembers of the public. During any videoconference, both the visual\n\nand auditory communications functions shall attempt to be utilized;\n\nand\n\n8. “Teleconference” means a conference among members of a\n\npublic body remote from one another who are linked by\n\ntelecommunication devices or technology permitting auditory\n\ncommunication between and among members of the public body or\n\nbetween and among members of the public body and members of the\n\npublic.","path":["OK Code","Title 25"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os25.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"bbac64f7e31f33e07f0337e9973c4bf28bff67ad5160c729d337fb535a632779","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-25-25-303","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-25-25-305"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}