TITLE 42. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

CHAPTER  1-A. OPEN MEETINGS LAW

42:28      Civil penalties

Any member of a public body who knowingly and wilfully participates in a meeting conducted in violation of this Chapter, shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars per violation.  The member shall be personally liable for the payment of such penalty.  A suit to collect such penalty must be instituted within sixty days of the violation.

Redesignated from R.S. 42:13 by Acts 2010, No. 861, § 23.  Added by Acts 1989, No. 54, § 1.