Opinion No. (1987)

Dear Representative Harpool:

This opinion is in response to your question asking:

Is the Student Government Association of Southwest Missouri State University a "public governmental body" as defined in Section 610.010(2), RSMo 1986?1

In order for the provisions of Sections 610.010 through610.030, RSMo 1986 (the "Sunshine Law") to be applicable to a particular entity, that entity must be one of the four types described in Section 610.010(2) as a "public governmental body". As the court in MacLachlan v. McNary, 684 S.W.2d 534,536 (Mo.App. 1984) set forth:

Public governmental body is defined as:

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