TITLE 42. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

CHAPTER  1-A. OPEN MEETINGS LAW

42:25      Enforcement

A. The attorney general shall enforce the provisions of this Chapter throughout the state.  He may institute enforcement proceedings on his own initiative and shall institute such proceedings upon a complaint filed with him by any person, unless written reasons are given as to why the suit should not be filed.

B. Each district attorney shall enforce the provisions of this Chapter throughout the judicial district within which he serves.  He may institute enforcement proceedings on his own initiative and shall institute such proceedings upon a complaint filed with him by any person, unless written reasons are given as to why the suit should not be filed.

C. Any person who has been denied any right conferred by the provisions of this Chapter or who has reason to believe that the provisions of this Chapter have been violated may institute enforcement proceedings.

Redesignated from R.S. 42:10 by Acts 2010, No. 861, § 23.  Added by Acts 1976, No. 665, § 1.  Amended by Acts 1977, No. 707, § 1;  Acts 1979, No. 681, § 1.