New Jersey § 10:4-8

§ 10:4-8.

As used in this act: a. “ Public body ” means a commission, authority, board, council, committee or any other group of two

or more persons organized under the laws of this State, and collectively empowered

as a voting body to perform a public governmental function affecting the rights, duties,

obligations, privileges, benefits, or other legal relations of any person, or collectively

authorized to spend public funds including the Legislature, but does not mean or include

the judicial branch of the government, any grand or petit jury, any parole board or

any agency or body acting in a parole capacity, the State Commission of Investigation,

the Apportionment Commission established under Article IV, Section III, of the Constitution , or any political party committee organized under Title 19 of the Revised Statutes. b. “ Meeting ” means and includes any gathering whether corporeal or by means of communication

equipment, which is attended by, or open to, all of the members of a public body,

held with the intent, on the part of the members of the body present, to discuss or

act as a unit upon the specific public business of that body. Meeting does not mean or include any such gathering (1) attended by less than an

effective majority of the members of a public body, or (2) attended by or open to

all the members of three or more similar public bodies at a convention or similar

gathering. c. “ Public business ” means and includes all matters which relate in any way, directly or indirectly,

to the performance of the public body's functions or the conduct of its business. d. “ Adequate notice ” means written advance notice of at least 48 hours, giving the time, date, location

and, to the extent known, the agenda of any regular, special or rescheduled meeting,

which notice shall accurately state whether formal action may or may not be taken

and which shall be (1) prominently posted in at least one public place reserved for

such or similar announcements, (2) mailed, telephoned, telegrammed, or hand delivered

to at least two newspapers which newspapers shall be designated by the public body

to receive such notices because they have the greatest likelihood of informing the

public within the area of jurisdiction of the public body of such meetings, one of

which shall be the official newspaper, where any such has been designated by the public

body or if the public body has failed to so designate, where any has been designated

by the governing body of the political subdivision whose geographic boundaries are

coextensive with that of the public body and (3) filed with the clerk of the municipality

when the public body's geographic boundaries are coextensive with that of a single

municipality, with the clerk of the county when the public body's geographic boundaries

are coextensive with that of a single county, and with the Secretary of State if the

public body has Statewide jurisdiction. For any other public body the filing shall be with the clerk or chief administrative

officer of such other public body and each municipal or county clerk of each municipality

or county encompassed within the jurisdiction of such public body. Where annual notice or revisions thereof in compliance with section 13 of this act 1 set forth the location of any meeting, no further notice shall be required for such

meeting. 1

N.J.S.A. § 10:4-18.