Coggin v. Davey

Gunter, Justice.

This appeal raises the issue of the applicability of Georgia’s "Sunshine Law” to the General Assembly and its committees. This statute (Ga. L. 1972, p. 575; Code Ann. §§ 40-3301 through 40-3303) was enacted in 1972, and, as pertinent to this appeal, it provides: "All meetings of any state department, agency, board, bureau, commission or political subdivision ... at which official actions are to be taken are hereby declared to be public meetings and shall be open to the public at all times. No resolution, rule, regulation or formal action shall be binding except as taken or…