Idaho § 31-710 - Meetings
Full text of Idaho Idaho Statutes § 31-710 — Meetings, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 31-710. Meetings
(1) The regular meetings of the boards of commissioners must be held at their respective county seats on the second Monday of each month of the year, or if the board determines that county affairs require regular meetings more often, then at such times as may be provided for in advance by ordinance, and must continue from time to time until all the business before them has been addressed. Such other meetings must be held, to canvass election returns, equalize taxation, and for other purposes as are prescribed by law or provided for by the board.
(2) Adjourned meetings may be provided for, fixed and held for the transaction of business, by an order duly entered of record, in which must be specified the character of business to be transacted at such meetings, and none other than that specified must be transacted.
(3) Notifications of meetings of the board shall be held in accordance with the open meetings law as provided in chapter 2, title 74 , Idaho Code.
(4) All meetings of the board must be public, and the books, records, and accounts must be kept at the office of the clerk, open at all times for public inspection, free of charge.
[31-710, added 1968, p. 100 secs. 4, 5, 8; 1883, p. 10, sec. 1; R.S., sec. 1755; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 1913; C.S., sec. 3411; I.C.A., sec. 30-610; am. 1935, ch. 110, sec. 1, p. 259; am. 1937, ch. 23, sec. 1, p. 33; am. 1939, ch. 119, sec. 1, p. 215; am. 1989, ch. 65, sec. 1, p. 105; (these sections combined in 31-710, 1989; sec. 31-711, 1869, p. 100, sec. 4, R.S., sec. 1756, reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 1914, C.S., sec. 3412; I.C.A., sec. 30-611; sec. 31-712, 1869, p. 100, sec. 5, R.S., sec. 1757; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 1915; C.S., sec. 3413; I.C.A., sec. 30-612; sec. 31-713, 1869, p. 100, secs. 5, 8; R.S., sec. 1758; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 1916; C.S., sec. 3414; I.C.A., sec. 30-613;) am. and redesig. 1989, ch. 93, sec. 2, p. 219; am. 2017, ch. 99, sec. 2, p. 247.]
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